If a Biologist Wanted to Associate Each Node of a Phylogenetic

question 1

Multiple Choice

If a biologist wanted to associate each node of a phylogenetic tree with a statistical measure of support for a particular grouping, what is one method she could employ?

• A) distance-matrix method
• B) maximum parsimony
• C) maximum likelihood
• D) neighbor joining

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