Question

How do the processes of evaluating phylogenetic trees using maximum parsimony or maximum likelihood differ from each other?

Answer 1

Features	Maximum parsimony	Maximum likelihood
About the method	It is a method of constructing a phylogenetic tree with minimum number of state changes.	It is a method of constructing a phylogenetic tree where there is a maximum likelihood between the genetic data
Characters usually considered	Low number of characters are taken in account	High number of characters are taken in account
Branch length	Generally long	Short
Accuracy and reliability	Low	High
Conditions under which it functions best	It functions best when the number of taxa is less than 30 and there is a strong conservation	It functions well for very small data sets.