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Title: Maximum confidence is a procedure for reconstructing phylogenetic trees invoking the fewest number ...
Post by: meli3198 on Feb 12, 2018
Maximum confidence is a procedure for reconstructing phylogenetic trees invoking the fewest number of steps or mutations.
 
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Title: Maximum confidence is a procedure for reconstructing phylogenetic trees invoking the fewest number ...
Post by: Tskotar on Feb 12, 2018
FALSE
Explanation: The procedure invoking the fewest steps or mutations is maximum parsimony because the shortest tree is also the most parsimonious in requiring the fewest evolutionary events to obtain it.