Select a false statement describing why cladistics may not always be the best method for reconstructing phylogenies based on data from the DNA genome.
A)The rate of evolution of the DNA genome is rapid.
B)The assumptions of the principle of parsimony are not always met.
C)Homoplasy often dominates the data sets.
D)The number of character states for DNA is large.
E)Much of the DNA does not code for proteins.

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The number of character states for DNA is not large; DNA has only four character states (A, T, C, G), which is relatively small compared to other types of data.

Select a False Statement Describing Why Cladistics May Not Always