Which of the following is untrue about the Unweighted Pair Group Method Using Ar

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Which of the following is untrue about the Unweighted Pair Group Method Using Arithmetic Average?

Options:

A . The simplest clustering method is UPGMA, which builds a tree by a sequential clustering method

B . Given a distance matrix, it starts by grouping two taxa with the largest pairwise distance in the distance matrix

C . The distances between this new composite taxon and all remaining taxa are calculated to create a reduced matrix

D . The grouping process is repeated and another newly reduced matrix is created

Answer: Option B
Answer: (b).Given a distance matrix, it starts by grouping two taxa with the largest pairwise distance in the distance matrix

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