You are building a phylogenetic tree to study the relationships between protists that live in termite guts. You find that the protists you're studying readily adapt to different environments through similar morphological means. Because of this, you're worried that any similarities between the protists are due to convergent evolution. What's the best kind of method to use to construct your tree?
A. parsimony
B. bootstrapping
C. maximum likelihood
Answer: C. maximum likelihood
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A) The end has a hydroxyl group attached to the number 5 carbon of ribose. B) The end has a phosphate group attached to the number 5 carbon of ribose. C) The end has phosphate attached to the number 5 carbon of the nitrogenous base. D) The end has a carboxyl group attached to the number 5 carbon of ribose. E) The end is the fifth position on one of the nitrogenous bases.
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a. swell b. stay the same size c. shrink d. cannot be determined
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