Which Statement Concerning the Use of Mathematical Models Such as Maximum

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Multiple Choice

Which statement concerning the use of mathematical models such as maximum likelihood methods is false?

• A) They identify the tree that is most likely to have produced the observed data.
• B) They are most often used with molecular data.
• C) They incorporate more information than parsimony methods do.
• D) They are easier to treat in a statistical framework than other models are.
• E) They cannot account for transitions between purines and pyrimidines.

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