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Evolutionists have turned to molecular studies because nucleic acids are genetic substances that carry evolving organisms from one cell generation to the next, and protein molecules are the mirrored reflection of some of the structure of these nucleic acids.
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Lasker, G.W. (1976). What Is Molecular Anthropology?. In: Goodman, M., Tashian, R.E., Tashian, J.H. (eds) Molecular Anthropology. Advances in Primatology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8783-5_1
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