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Constructing phylogenetic trees may be a daunting task for young scholars, but this lesson plan is a simulation of what molecular biologists must do to determine relationships. This plan is for students who have a good grasp of DNA structure and mechanisms of evolution, especially the role of mutations.
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closely related organism, common ancestor, construct the phylogenetic tree, diverged from a common ancestor, evidence of evolution, evolution evidence, evolutionary biology, evolutionary line, geneticists, molecular biology and evolution, molecular clock, nucleotide sequence, population geneticist, population genetics, random mutations, the genetic code, b.e.2.a biological classification expanded to molecular evidence, dna sequence data, dna differences, dna evidence of evolution, dna studies, phylogenetic tree, analyzing genetic changes in dna, genetic changes in dna
Classroom Considerations
- Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
- The intended use for this resource is Instructional