Which Example Illustrates How "Maximum Likelihood" Is Used by Systematists

Multiple Choice

Which example illustrates how "maximum likelihood" is used by systematists?

A) Assigning humans and chimpanzees to a less inclusive taxon
B) Using the simplest explanation necessary to interpret the data
C) Establishing the membership in a clade using the phenetic approach
D) Distinguishing shared ancestral characteristics and shared derived characters
E) Using probability to determine that the nucleotide sequences in DNA and RNA change at a constant rate over time