What can be properly inferred from Figure 26.2?
A) In the "Without" tree, pigs are more distantly related to hippos than is depicted in the "Within" tree.
B) In the "Without" tree, pigs are more closely related to hippos than are whales.
C) In the "Within" tree, pigs are more closely related to whales than they are to hippos.
D) The "Without" tree is more consistent with molecular evidence than is the "Within" tree.
E) In the "Within" tree, all artiodactyls, including hippos, are more closely related to each other than any are to the whales.

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In the "Without" tree, pigs are shown to be more closely related to hippos than whales are, indicating a closer evolutionary relationship between pigs and hippos in that tree.

What Can Be Properly Inferred from Figure 26.2