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Evolutionary Biologists Have Developed a Number of Different Phylogenetic Methods

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Evolutionary biologists have developed a number of different phylogenetic methods to find a tree that best corresponds to a number of character states for a given group of taxa. Describe the fundamental idea behind parsimony, and explain the strengths and weaknesses of this method.


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