16. According to the hemoglobin chart below, the White-crowned Sparrow is most closely related to the Lark Sparrow because it only has 1 difference in its amino acid sequence for hemoglobin. This would make sense, since both are types of sparrows, there should not be a lot of difference between them!
Comparison of Differences in Amino Acid Sequences of the Protein Hemoglobin
Animal
|
Number of differences in amino acids
|
Penguin
|
5
|
Lark Sparrow
|
1
|
White-crowned Sparrow
|
1
|
Ostrich
|
7
|
Hummingbird
|
3
|