To conduct a phylogenetic analysis, we need an outgroup to:
A. decide which characters are analogous
and which are homologous.
B. determine which character states are
ancestral and which are derived.
C. determine which characteristics to include
in our analysis.
D. decide which molecular data to use.
E. All of the answer options are correct.
B
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