Consider the protein and DNA sequence evolution of the 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating (gnd) gene in the following organisms:
Encephalitozoon cuniculi (Fungus)
Dictyostelium discoideum (Slime mold)
Synechococcus elongatus (Cyanobacteria)
Cronobacter dublinensis (Proteobacteria)
Candidatus Solibacter usitatus (Acidobacteria)
Leptotrichia goodfellowii (Fusobacteria)
Borrelia garinii (Spirochaetes)
Phycisphaera mikurensis (Planctomycetes)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Actinobacteria)
Anaerolinea thermophila (Chloroflexi)
Chlamydia trachomatis (Chlamydiae)
Lactococcus lactis (Firmicutes)
Find the most parsimonious tree. Is parsimony a safe assumption with these data? Does your parsimony tree differ substantially from the other trees that you have found? Tell which software package you used for this analysis.