In the case where phylogenetic analysis of HIV was used to convict a physician of purposely injecting blood from his HIV-positive patient into his former girlfriend, which would be evidence that would most likely exonerate the physician?
A) The victim's HIV sequences were a subset of the patient's HIV sequences.
B) The victim's HIV sequences formed a clade.
C) The victim's HIV sequences were a subset of sequences from another HIV-positive individual from the community.
D) The patient's HIV sequences were a subset of sequences from another HIV-positive individual from the community.
E) The patient's HIV sequences were sister to the victim's sequences.
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