Which of the following is wrong statement about the maximum likelihood approach?

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A . This method doesn’t always involve probability calculations

B . It finds a tree that best accounts for the variation in a set of sequences

C . The method is similar to the maximum parsimony method

D . The analysis is performed on each column of a multiple sequence alignment

Answer: Option A
Answer: (a).This method doesn’t always involve probability calculations

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