Which of the Following Methods Uses the Logic That the Number

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which of the following methods uses the logic that the number of changes required to explain multiple characters on a phylogenetic tree is simply the sum of the number of changes required to explain each individual character?

• A) the Fitch algorithm
• B) the maximum likelihood analysis
• C) Bayesian inference
• D) bootstrap resampling

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