Biology (11th Edition)

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Chapter 23 - Systematics, Phylogenies, and Comparative Biology - Figure 23.18 - Inquiry Question - Page 477: 1

Answer

If the victim had not gotten HIV from the patient, the victim's HIV strain(s) would cluster elsewhere in the community section of the diagram, derived from some other person's strain(s) rather than that of the patient.

Work Step by Step

Just imagine where the victim's HIV would have come from--elsewhere in the community. Then, imagine how that would place in the diagram.
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