Which of the Following Statements About Reconstructing Phylogenies Is False

question 55

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about reconstructing phylogenies is false?

• A) Traits found in the outgroup as well as in the ingroup are likely to be ancestral traits.
• B) Shared traits are generally assumed to be homoplastic until they can be proven to be homologous.
• C) Phylogenetic trees do not always provide an explicit time scale by which to date the splits between lineages.
• D) In a phylogenetic tree, branches can be rotated around any node without changing the meaning of the tree.
• E) A particular trait may be either ancestral or derived depending on the point of reference of the phylogeny.

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