What kinds of characters can you use to create a data matrix for estimating phylogenetic trees? a. any heritable trait.
b. any morphological trait.
c. any molecular trait.
d. any measurable trait.

The correct option is A

any heritable trait

Explanation:

This is because phylogenetic tree is a diagram that show or indicate the evolutionary relationships between several organisms from a descent or that have common anscetors which is based on the differences or similarities of there phenotypic traits or physically expressed inheritable traits.

genetic variation can be caused by mutation (which can create entirely new alleles in a population), random mating, random fertilization, and recombination between homologous chromosomes during meiosis (which reshuffles alleles within an organism's offspring).