14. A group of mammalogists has constructed a phylogenetic tree for a specific clade based on morphological synapomorphies (bone structure). If a second phylogeny were constructed for the same taxa using the amino acid sequence of a highly conserved metabolic enzyme, what would be the most scientifically sound expectation?
(A) The molecular phylogeny will likely contradict the morphological tree because proteins evolve through different mechanisms than skeletal structures.
(B) The phylogenies will be largely concordant (similar), as both reflect the same underlying evolutionary history of the lineage.
(C) No correlation can be expected because the rate of mutation in metabolic enzymes is independent of the rate of morphological change.
(D) The enzyme sequence will be identical across all taxa because it is "highly conserved," providing no phylogenetic signal.
(E) The molecular tree will be fundamentally more accurate because morphological traits are always the result of convergent evolution.
統計: 尚無統計資料