| Assertion(A): | Similarities in proteins and genes performing a given function among diverse organisms give clues to common ancestry. |
| Reason(R): | In general, the more DNA differences in homologous genes (or amino acid differences in the proteins they encode) between two species, the more closely the species are related and they share a more recent ancestor. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |