Which of the following is not true of cladistics?
A) It involves making hypothesis about the evolutionary relationship between clades.
B) It is a precise science.
C) It can lead to a cladogram.
D) It may involve parsimony analysis.
E) It may use outgroups to 'root' the tree.

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While cladistics is a useful tool in evolutionary biology, it is not always a precise science as it involves making hypothesis and making subjective decisions about character states and relationships between taxa. Therefore, option B is not true of cladistics.

Which of the Following Is Not True of Cladistics