Which Method Would You Employ to Create a Phylogenetic Tree

question 33

Multiple Choice

Which method would you employ to create a phylogenetic tree based on how different taxa are?

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

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Interaction Effect

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