DNA Sequences Are the Most Frequently Used Character for Phylogenetic

question 6

Multiple Choice

DNA sequences are the most frequently used character for phylogenetic construction today, but DNA may not always be available. For which of the following would a phylogeny have to be constructed with nonmolecular methods for collecting character data?

• A) Ebola isolates from strains collected in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Mali by Hoenen and his colleagues in 2014
• B) data collected by Killian and his colleagues to create a phylogeny of mammals that supports the Theria hypothesis
• C) fossils of Tiktaalik roseae discovered by Daeschler and his colleagues
• D) HIV isolates from the 1999 Benghazi Hospital AIDS outbreak

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