What Do Systematists Compare in the Maximum Likelihood Method

question 45

Multiple Choice

What do systematists compare in the maximum likelihood method?

• A) specific trees, with alternative models about the rates of evolutionary change in different regions of DNA
• B) alternative trees, with specific models about the rates of evolutionary change in different regions of RNA
• C) alternative trees, with specific models about the rates of evolutionary change in different regions of DNA
• D) alternative trees, with specific models about the rates of evolutionary change in different regions of proteins

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