Question

Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding cladistic analysis?



a.

it classifies organisms to match their evolutionary history

c.

evolutionary linkages can be shown using a cladogram


b.

it sorts homologous structures

d.

it is extremely subjective

Answer 1

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/clad/clad2.html
http://school.familyeducation.com/cig/biology/alternative-methods-classification.html
Subjective means that its based on opinions, or feelings.
It can be d.
i think whatever class your taking needs to change their options (since they say that its not based on opinion). to say reveal a deep misunderstanding of modern science. a great deal of science we have today is based on educated assumptions--that's why science continues to change.
Hope i helped!