Long-Branch Attraction Is

question 22

Multiple Choice

Long-branch attraction is

• A) the inferring of too close a relationship between rapidly evolving species or populations.
• B) the inferring of too close a relationship between slowly evolving species or populations.
• C) a method for inferring phylogenetic ancestry of rapidly evolving clades.
• D) a method for inferring phylogenetic ancestry of slowly evolving clades.

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