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examine the differences between the common ancestor’s original gene and the genomes of the existing species. how can these changes affect the development of the protein in the descendant species?

The advantageous proteins that build larger molecules help prolong life life. If there is better survival and reproduction, it is more likely to pass onto the next generation. If it continues to be advantageous, the sequence of them change to support the life of the current species.

Explanation:I did this on edmentum and got it right

an organism's phenotype is the  form of a trait  that it  displays. for  flowercolor, a pea  plant  can  display  a phenotype of purple or white flowers. an organism's  genotype  is the alleles of a gene it contains. based on his data, mendel concluded that a phenotype can be  determined  by more than one  genotype.

the relative atomic mass of an element is the mass of one atom of that element, relative to 1/12th of the mass of a  1212c atom. to convert to an absolute mass in kg, it is necessary to multiply by  1.661×10−271.661×10−27.

the relative atomic mass is roughly equal to the number of neutrons, plus the number of protons, in the nucleus of the atom.

for elements with more than one stable isotope (different types of nucleus with different numbers of neutrons but the same number of protons), the quoted mass is usually the average mass, weighted by the relative abundance of the different isotopes.