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This table compares and contrasts the elements of Parsimony and Likelihood analyses. Some of these elements are missing, and have been replaced with numbers (1-10). 'Fill in' this missing information by typing it into you response box below Answers should be formatted so that they correspond to the numbers in the table, like this: 1. the box that says (1) should say this. 2. the box that says (2) should say this etc. Parsimony analysis Likelihood analysis Structure of data (1) 4 states: A, T, G, C Computational burden low (2) Is alignment necessary? (3) (4) How do we verify individual character homology? By including an outgroup (5) Includes models of character evolution? (6) yes Includes nodal support values? (7) (8) How many trees in total will this method render? (9) (10) Number of resulting 'best trees' Depends; often there are many One most likely tree