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What kinds of characters can you use to create a data matrix for estimating phylogenetic trees?.

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Any heritable trait (whether morphological, molecular, physiological, behavioral, or developmental) can be used as a character in a data matrix to estimate a phylogeny.

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Any heritable trait (whether morphological, molecular, physiological, behavioral, or developmental) can be used as a character in a data matrix to estimate a phylogeny.

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