Which Example Illustrates How "Maximum Likelihood" Is Used by Systematists

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which example illustrates how "maximum likelihood" is used by systematists?

• A) Assigning humans and chimpanzees to a less inclusive taxon
• B) Using the simplest explanation necessary to interpret the data
• C) Establishing the membership in a clade using the phenetic approach
• D) Distinguishing shared ancestral characteristics and shared derived characters
• E) Using probability to determine that the nucleotide sequences in DNA and RNA change at a constant rate over time

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