Question

Species that have diverged from their common ancestors have greater differences in what?

Answer 1

dna sequence

Evidence from the fossil record can be combined with data from molecular clocks. A molecular clock uses DNA sequences  or the proteins they encode  to estimate relatedness among species. Molecular clocks estimate the time in geologic history when related species diverged from a common ancestor. Molecular clocks are based on the assumption that mutations accumulate through time at a steady average rate for a given region of DNA. Species that have accumulated greater differences in their DNA sequences are assumed to have diverged from their common ancestor in the more distant past. Molecular clocks based on different regions of DNA may be used together for more accuracy.