Which of the Following Represents a Legitimate Challenge or Limitation

question 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following represents a legitimate challenge or limitation of the studies presented in the text that examine the accuracy of phylogenetic reconstruction?

• A) The level of homoplasy in the experimental studies was much lower than in most studies that reconstruct phylogenies.
• B) The experimental studies were performed only in viruses,not in eukaryotes.
• C) Different genes evolve at different rates.
• D) The experimental studies did not use an outgroup.
• E) The organisms in the experimental studies had a known history.

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