Which of the Following Statements About Pedigrees and Phylogenies Is

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about pedigrees and phylogenies is true?

• A) Both show the splitting and the recombining of branches or lineages over time.
• B) Pedigrees tell us about the ancestry of individuals; phylogenies tell us about the ancestry of populations.
• C) Both expand as one looks backward in time.
• D) The nodes in a pedigree represent populations; the nodes in a phylogeny represent individuals.

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