A researcher is using molecular phylogenetic techniques to determine the evolutionary relationships of a large set of animal species.Which type of species are most likely to have been wrongly classified based on morphology alone?

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Parasitic species often undergo significant morphological changes to adapt to their hosts, which can lead to misclassification based on morphology alone. Molecular techniques can provide more accurate evolutionary relationships.

A Researcher Is Using Molecular Phylogenetic Techniques to Determine the Evolutionary