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Students receive information about cladistics and apply this phylogenetic approach to two problems, collecting data,... see more
Students receive information about cladistics and apply this phylogenetic approach to two problems, collecting data,... see more
Students use DNA sequences from Human, Neanderthal, Chimpanzee, Gorrilla and Orangutan mitochondrial D-loop to perform a... see more
This resource explains how to read a phylogenetic tree. An explanation of how it differs in shared and derived... see more
Evolution is happening all around us. In many cases – lately, due to technological advances in molecular biology –... see more
A java application that lets you investigate the problem of creating a phylgenetic tree. there is some explanation of the... see more
This stie has two java simulations for creating evoultionary trees based on discrete characters and a tutorial showing... see more
Phylogenetic systematics is the formal name for the field within biology that reconstructs evolutionary history and... see more
Quoted from the site, "TreeBASE is a relational database designed to manage and explore information on phylogenetic... see more
A well linked description of how to make and analyze phylogenetic trees with embedded assignments and activities.
This Click and Learn explains how DNA sequences can be used to generate such trees, and how to interpret them. DNA... see more
This tool provides access to phylogenetic tree generation methods from the ClustalW2 package. Please note this is NOT a... see more
MABL (Methodes et Algorithmes pour la Bio-informatique) is a free, web service dedicated to reconstructing and analysing... see more
Overview: This podcast contains an overview of some of the many molecular techniques a scientist can use to examine the... see more
A new Miocene penguin from Patagonia and its phylogenetic relationships with Spheniscidae. To determine this... see more
In this lesson students use real data to develop likely phylogenies for seven related populations of lizards living on... see more
In this case-based activity students will learn to: identify external morphology of snakes for taxonomic purposes;... see more
Nocardiosis is a soil-borne aerobic infection caused by Nocardia species commonly affects the respiratory tract. Nocardia... see more
Onezoom is an interactive website with the goal of creating the most complete tree of life in a highly accessable format.... see more
A powerpoint presentation for teaching bioinformatics.
This course focuses on the algorithmic and machine learning foundations of computational biology, combining theory with... see more
Covers studying genomes, how genomes function, how genomes replicate.
An interactive lecture in which students are presented with three sets of data from which they draw phylogenetic trees.... see more
The Virtual Paleobotany Lab contains the background material and instructions for 12 lab exercises from a UC Berkeley... see more