It is difficult to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships in viruses, because of their
A) free-living nature.
B) parasitic nature.
C) rapid evolutionary rates.
D) slow evolutionary rates.
E) diverse capsid morphologies.

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Viruses have high mutation rates and short generation times, leading to rapid evolutionary rates. This contributes to difficulty in reconstructing their phylogenetic relationships.

It Is Difficult to Reconstruct Phylogenetic Relationships in Viruses, Because