PLANT MOL

The use of molecular data to infer phylogenetic relationships.

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4 Types of molecular data

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4 DNA Fragments

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Refers to the sequence of nucleotide in a particular region of the DNA in a given taxon.

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Each nucleotide position is a ___ and the actual nucleotide that is present at that site is the ___.

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4 nucleotide bases

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A character can be (a)   when nucleotide changes are shared by two or more taxa.

A character can be (a)   when all nucleotides are the same among taxa, or when only a single taxon has a different nucleotide.

Three major sources of genes (DNA) for plants

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replicate and divide independently of the nucleus and it is transmitted to offspring only maternally

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