Question 30

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Your textbook states that under optimal conditions,all of the methods discussed (parsimony,maximum likelihood,neighbor joining,and Bayesian inference reveal the true branching pattern of the phylogeny in question with accuracies approaching 100%.However,real phylogenies are rarely inferred under ideal circumstances.Explain,using examples,why this is so.

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There are several reasons why real phylo...

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