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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
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Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
1) Answer the following questions based on the character matrix below:
a.          Build the most parsimonious tree for taxa A through E and the outgroup based on Characters 1-6. Make sure to label all characters on your tree.
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b.          Which character(s) is a homoplasy?
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c.          Give an example of three or more taxa that form a monophyletic group.
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d.          What is the consistency index of the tree you drew in part a? What does this number tell you about how much phylogenetic signal (lack of homoplasy) is in your data set?
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