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Gene Sequence - Essay

Gene Sequence

Leo Boerstoel
Mrs. Fuller
AP Biology Period 6
9/24/12

Pre-Lab Activity:

Flowers
Pine
Ferns
Moss

Hypothesis: If the new species has a vertebrae, then it will be located in between the crocodilians and the birds on he cladogram.

Methods: After forming our hypothesis, we looked up each gene sequence separately. We wrote down the top three most similar animals per gene sequence, and found what kinds of animals each were (crocodilian and bird, in this case). When looking at our collection of data, we recorded how many of each type of animals each gene was related to, and thus managed to locate where our New Species ought to be. Our hypothesis was ...

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species are located on the crocodilian (Chinese alligator) or bird (chicken, zebra finch) line

3. How similar is that gene sequence?

The gene sequences for all four are exactly the same.

4. What species has the next most similar gene sequence?

The fruit fly has the next most similar gene sequence, being 92% ...

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Added: 10/1/2012 08:09:38 AM
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