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Phylogenetics Problems

Students receive information about cladistics and apply this phylogenetic approach to two problems, collecting data, determining whether traits are ancestral or derived, and using this information to select the most parsimonious tree.

Keywords:: Life Science, Parsimony, NSDL, Evolution, Cladistics, Biology, Data Analysis, Phylogenetics, In-class Problems

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Science and Technology

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Material Type:: Assignment
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 18, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: July 18, 2016
Authors:: Debby Walser-Kuntz
Sarah Deel
Susan Singer
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division
Technical Format:: Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
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