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| Leopard | Turtle | Frog | Bass | Lamprey | Lancelet | |
| Leopard | 100% | 83% | 80% | 81% | 76% | 74% |
| Turtle | – | 100% | 79% | 79% | 74% | 72% |
| Frog | – | – | 100% | 79% | 74% | 71% |
| Bass | – | – | – | 100% | 77% | 74% |
| Lamprey | – | – | – | – | 100% | 73% |
| Lancelet | – | – | – | – | – | 100% |
Now you can use this data (similarly to how you used the data in the character table) to build a phylogenetic tree. The distance between species in a tree is directly related to the amount of similarity between their gene sequences. For instance, two species will be closer together if the amount of similarity is high, or far apart if the amount of similarity is low.
Which of the following phylogenetic trees best matches the similarity data for the GAPDH gene shown in the table?
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