Question

In phylogenetic tree construction, which method is distance-based?

• A. Maximum likelihood
• B. Maximum parsimony
• C. Neighbor-joining
• D. Bayesian inference

Hint:

Remember the classification of phylogenetic methods: \[ \boxed{\text{Neighbor-Joining} \rightarrow \text{Distance-Based}} \] \[ \boxed{\text{Maximum Parsimony, Maximum Likelihood, Bayesian} \rightarrow \text{Character-Based}} \] Neighbor-Joining is preferred when analyzing large datasets because it is faster than most character-based methods.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C