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You are studying the source of a new virus that has recentlyinfected humans. You suspect that the virus was transferred fromoter primates (they exhibit a similar infection), specificallychimpanzees, gorillas, or orangutans. You sample blood from severalinfected humans and sequence some viral genes. You then build aphylogenetic tree with the human sequences and all the knownstrains from each primate. Draw a hypothetical phylogenetic treethat would suggest that the virus came from gorillas, and thistransfer occured twice independently. Label chimp sequences (c),gorilla (g), orangutans (o), and humans (h).

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Arming a cladogram or phylogenetic tree can be a littledifficult In this case you need order the organisms you want toclassify Normally their relationship is determined throughcharacteristics such as presence or absence of appendicesphysiology habits and nowadays    See Answer
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