Choose which statements are true using the information presented in the phylogen

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Choose which statements are true using the information presented in the phylogenetic tree below.

6 0 zwi Domestic HalfAss Wild Ass Mountain Grevy Burchell Quagga D(Onager) Horses Zebras The quagga zebra is more closely related to the wild ass than to the half ass. The percentage similarity between two species can be calculated by tracing the branch length. The domestic horse is more closely related to any zebra than to the wild ass. The horses and zebras share approximately 93% of their genomic sequence. The Przewalski horse is the ancestor of the mountain zebra.

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I believe the correct statements to be:

A) The quagga zebra is more closely related to the wild *ss than to the half *ss.

B) The percentage similarity between two species can be calculated by tracing the branch length.

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