Multiple Choice
Why are frog calls generally more useful in phylogenetic analysis than bird songs?
A) Bird songs are more complicated than frog calls, and thus they violate the principle of parsimony.
B) Bird songs contain less information than frog calls.
C) Bird songs tend to be genetically inherited, whereas frog calls tend to be culturally inherited.
D) Bird songs tend to be culturally inherited, whereas frog calls tend to be genetically inherited.
E) Frog calls are louder than bird songs.
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