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Nhm: Amino Acid Sequences Show Evolution Lesson PlanNhm: Amino Acid Sequences Show Evolution Lesson Plan
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National Health Museum
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9th - 10th
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Science
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1110L
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Nhm: Amino Acid Sequences Show Evolution

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This lesson plan focuses on differences in the amino acid sequence of hemoglobin and myoglobin proteins. They use the number of differences to create a phylogenetic tree.

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Concepts

common ancestry, evolution, genetic code, genetic mutation, hemoglobin, molecular biology, molecular structure, protein

Additional Tags

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

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