Without Using a Calculator,solve the Following Problem

question 98

Multiple Choice

Without using a calculator,solve the following problem:

• A)1 × 10^-6
• B)1 × 10⁴
• C)1 × 10²⁴
• D)1 × 10³⁴

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Definitions:

Time to Coalescence

The period it takes for all alleles of a gene in a population to trace back to a single ancestral allele.

Maximum Likelihood

The maximum likelihood is an approach used to estimate parameter values for a statistical model. Maximum likelihood and the similar Bayesian method are used in phylogeny reconstruction to find the tree topologies that are most likely, given a precise model for molecular evolution and a particular data set.

Distance Methods

A set of techniques used in molecular biology and phylogenetics to estimate genetic differences and infer evolutionary relationships between species based on genetic data.