Which of the Following Phylogenetic Methods Involves Counting Up the Number

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of the following phylogenetic methods involves counting up the number of commonalities among taxa and using this information to cluster closely related species together?

• A) parsimony methods
• B) distance methods
• C) maximum likelihood methods
• D) Bayesian inference methods

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