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Bell Work. Dogs of a certain breed can have black fur or white fur. Black fur is dominant, but the breeder only wants puppies with white fur. Cross two heterozygous dogs until that happens. . Biology – Lecture 59. Phylogeny. Taxonomy.
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Bell Work • Dogs of a certain breed can have black fur or white fur. Black fur is dominant, but the breeder only wants puppies with white fur. Cross two heterozygous dogs until that happens.
Biology – Lecture 59 Phylogeny
Taxonomy • The classification, identification, and naming of organisms • Connected to phylogenetics
Phylogenetics • The study of evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms which are discovered through molecular sequencing data and morphological data matrices.
Phylogeny • The evolutionary history of taxonomic groups • Made from the results of phylogenetic studies
Phylogeny Branches • Evolution is a branching process. • Populations are altered over time and may split into separate branches, hybridize together, or terminate by extinction.
Phylogenetic Tree • A hypothesis of the order in which evolutionary events are assumed to have occurred.
Tracing Relationships • Biologists estimate that there are about 5 to 100 million species of organisms living on Earth today.
Tracing Relationships • Evidence suggests that all organisms on Earth are genetically related, and the genealogical relationships of living things can be represented by a vast evolutionary tree, the Tree of Life.
The Tree of Life • Phylogenetic analyses have become essential in researching the evolutionary tree of life. • The tree of life is a large project to trace the evolutionary relationships of large groups of organisms.
The Tree of Life • Implies that different species arise from previous species and that all organisms are connected via descent to one another.
How is a Phylogeny Created? • Matrix-based methods are used to construct trees based on overall similarity, which is often assumed to approximate phylogenetic relationships.
Flaws of Hypothesis • There is no way to measure whether a particular phylogenetic hypothesis is accurate or not, unless the true relationships among the taxa being examined are already known.
Phylogeny Vocabulary • Monophyletic clade – all the members in a group with the same characteristics • Synapomorphy – a particular trait within the phylogeny • Autapomorphic trait – only one organism has this trait • Outgroup - The simplest form of a common ancestor • Sister Groups – Two groups that can be traced back to a single split.
Example - Phylogeny of Beasties • Reconstruct the evolutionary history of a group of imaginary organisms known as Beasties. • The Beasties are a morphologically diverse group, and your analysis will take advantage of this diversity. • You will infer the simplest phylogenetic tree for the group of Beasties. • The outgroup taxon is indicated, as are six other Beastie taxa (A-F).
Step 1 • Conduct a character analysis by examining the similarities and differences.
Step 2 • Figure out those that are most similar to one another. • Start by comparing to the Outgroup (if given). • If no outgroup is given, start with the one with the most “no” responses.
Step 3 • Draw the initial branch and then make branches off of that branch based on the similarities and differences of the organisms.
outgroup E D B F A C Beard Pointed Feet Brushy Tail Spots Branched Antenna Tongue Fin Answer Phylogeny
Based on your tree, find all the groups in the list that are sister to each other.