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Phylogenetic tree evaluation

Chinese tree shrew problem

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Choose all true observations based on the following figure. It's a phylogenetic tree including tree shrews, primates, rodents and other mammals. Numbers above branches depict bootstrap support values, blue numbers in internal nodes depict divergence time with error range. The picture is adapted from the original paper.

A phylogenetic tree including tree shrews, primates, rodents and other mammals

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Gorilla is closer related to human than to chimpanzee.

Rodents diverged from primates and shrews group around 96 million years ago.

Chinese tree shrews diverge from primates around 90 million years ago.

Chinese tree shrews are closer related to primates than to rodents.

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