If You Could Protect from Extinction Only the Lineages Derived

question 24

Multiple Choice

If you could protect from extinction only the lineages derived from two of the nodes in the figure above,which pair would you save to yield the greatest phylogenetic diversity?

• A)Nodes E and F
• B)Nodes D and E
• C)Nodes C and D
• D)All of the above choices are equivalent.

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