Which Statement Concerning the Use of Mathematical Models Such as Maximum

Multiple Choice

Which statement concerning the use of mathematical models such as maximum likelihood methods is false?

A) They identify the tree that is most likely to have produced the observed data.
B) They are most often used with molecular data.
C) They incorporate more information than parsimony methods do.
D) They are easier to treat in a statistical framework than other models are.
E) They cannot account for transitions between purines and pyrimidines.