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Question of the Day. Question: Why might using only morphology be unreliable when making a phylogenetic tree? Answer: … … …. 1 ’s Turn In: Caminalcule Analysis p . 473 A.Q. 2ab, 3ab. Notes: Evidence for Evolution (Part 2). Types. 4 key areas of evidence: Fossils Morphology.
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Question of the Day Question: Why might using only morphology be unreliable when making a phylogenetic tree? Answer: … … … • 1’s Turn In: • Caminalcule Analysis • p. 473 A.Q. 2ab, 3ab
Types • 4 key areas of evidence: • Fossils • Morphology • Embryology • Biochemical
Guess The Embryo: A B C D
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Guess The Embryo: A B C D
6 Days 5 Days 7 Days C Japanese Quail 10 Days 8 Days 9 Days
Guess The Embryo: A B C D
18 Days 19 Days 17 Days 21 Days 20 Days B Red-Eared Slider Turtle
Guess The Embryo: A B C D
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Comparative Embryology • Studying the development of related organisms • Compare similarities in embryos
Comparative Embryology • Shows common ancestry of many animals • Features are not yet specialized • Homologous features: came from same ancestral source
Biochemical Evidence • Comparing DNA sequences of organisms • More DNA shared = more closely related • More differences means more time since species diverged • Also compare RNA, enzymes, proteins, lipids human... GTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATTCCAGCTCCAAT... yeast ... GTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATTCCAGCTCCAAT... corn... GTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATTCCAGCTCCAAT... There are over 3 billion bases in the human genome!
Biochemical Evidence • Useful for creating phylogenetic trees • More accurate than morphology