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#Question id: 8689

Which of the following statements best describes the rationale for applying the principle of maximum parsimony in constructing phylogenetic trees?

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. Parsimony allows the researcher to "root" the tree.
  2. Similarity due to common ancestry should be more common than similarity due to convergent evolution.
  3. The molecular clock validates the principle of parsimony.
  4. The outgroup roots the tree, allowing the principle of parsimony to be applied.
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#Question id: 24171

#General Aptitude

If a car suddenly begins to skid on ice, a driver’s instinctive reaction might be the wrong one.
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#Question id: 5441

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Two pure line of corn have mean cob length of 15 cm and 5 cm, respectively. 6 polygenes involved in this trait exhibit additive gene action. Crossing these two lines is expected to produce a progeny population with mean cob length of
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#Question id: 18870

#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

Which element of the light microscope is in charge of regulating the amount of light that enters the viewing area?
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#Question id: 4932

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Which of the following is the best hypothesis regarding origins of nucleic acids?
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#Question id: 11126

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following is characteristic of the events occurring at an excitatory synapse?