Biology Lab 8

Name 3 of the animal skeleton taxa that we will examine in lab today.

rabbit, mole, frog, turtle, bird, fish, salamander, cat, lizard

What program will be used to align the sequences for the molecular phylogeny?

MEGA

Will we use morphological, molecular, or both types of data to make phylogenetic trees today?

both

The phylogenetic trees that we construct are hypotheses, true or false?

true

Phylogenetic trees based on morphological or molecular data use different characters to compare between groups. Describe why, or why not, one method is better than the other.

molecular data is better because it is genetically accurate

Tropical rainforests are amazing resources for humans. What are two products that rainforest plants provide humans?

chocolate, coffee

What are the most likely dispersal mechanisms for the fruit on the left (acorn) and the fruit on the right (fluffy thing), respectively?

acorn- animals

fluffy- wind