The Maximum Likelihood Tree (The Tree with the Clades Numbered)

question 21

Multiple Choice

The maximum likelihood tree (the tree with the clades numbered) constructed for the mammals in the figures shown supports which of the following hypotheses for the evolutionary relationships among mammalian groups?

• A) The maximum likelihood tree supports the Marsupionta hypothesis.
• B) The maximum likelihood tree supports the Theria hypothesis.
• C) The maximum likelihood tree supports both the Marsupionta and the Theria hypotheses.
• D) The maximum likelihood tree supports neither the Marsupionta nor the Theria hypotheses.

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