Question

A common recommendation is to use at least two of the methods—maximum parsimony, distance, or maximum likelihood,  for the analysis.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was posed to me in exam.

This question is from Reliability of Phylogenetic Predictions topic in section Phylogenetic Tree Construction Methods and Programs of Bioinformatics

Answer 1

The correct answer is (a) True

The best I can explain: If two of these methods provide the same prediction, confidence in the prediction is much higher. Another recommendation is to pay careful attention to the evolutionary assumptions and models that are used for both sequence alignment and tree construction.