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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: 19386

#Unit 12. Applied Biology

In plants, the enzyme EPSPS is localized in 
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#Question id: 9277

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

The light energy absorbed by the carotenoids is transferred to chlorophyll for photosynthesis; because of this role they are called
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#Question id: 10243

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

A group of species that potentially compete with one other for a resource, such as insect- eating birds, is called a
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#Question id: 84

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Below is the Fischer projection of D-galactose. Which is the proper Haworth projection of β-D-galactopyranose?
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#Question id: 22938

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Genes that regulate flowering, have different transcription factors and functions:
 
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