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What is a commonly used method to evaluate phylogenetic trees to determine evolutionary relationships

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Presently, the most accepted method for constructing phylogenetic trees is a method called cladistics. This method sorts organisms into clades, groups of organisms that are most closely related to each other and the ancestor from which they descended.

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