Holt Modern Biology 1st Edition by John Postlethwait ,Janet Hopson

Exercise 60

Evaluating Models The evolutionary history of reptiles can be studied by comparing their macromolecules. The degree of difference can be related to the time that has passed since any two species descended from a common ancestor. Would the phylogenetic tree derived from macromolecular comparisons more closely resemble the results of cladistic analysis or the traditional classification?