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    If the fossil specimen were to be placed on the cladogram, then it would be located at a new branch that deviates from the crocodilians. The species that is most likely related to the unknown fossil is gallus Collagen, as it has the highest Max Score compared to the other species.

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    If the fossil specimen were to be placed on the cladogram, then it would be located at a new branch that deviates from the crocodilians. The species that is most likely related to the unknown fossil is gallus Collagen, as it has the highest Max Score compared to the other species.

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    If the fossil specimen were to be placed on the cladogram, then it would be located at a new branch that deviates from the crocodilians. The species that is most likely related to the unknown fossil is gallus Collagen, as it has the highest Max Score compared to the other species.

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    SalemBelay

    Mrs.Peterson
    APBiology
    26February2016
    ComparingDNASequencesToUnderstandEvolutionaryRelationships(BLAST)
    PreLabQuestions:
    1.
    FloweringPlants
    PineTrees

    Mosses
    Ferns

    Flowers
    Seeds
    VascularTissue

    2.Theycouldhavethesameaminoacidsequencesbutcodefordifferentcodons.
    Humans
    Roundworm

    Chimps
    FruitFly

    Dog

    Bipedal
    Thumbs
    Mammal
    Legs

    Hypothesis:
    Ifthefossilspecimenweretobeplacedonthecladogram,thenitwouldbelocatedata
    newbranchthatdeviatesfromthecrocodilians.

    Observations:
    GeneralObservations:
    Initialreactionisthatitlookslikesomesortoflizard
    Verylongtail
    Lookslikeasmallcreature
    Couldalsobeadinosaurofsomesort
    Veryskinnylegsonlyseemtoseethreebutonecouldvebeendamaged
    Initialsketchattached:

    Gene
    Sequenc
    e
    1

    Gallus,gallus

    Collagen

    10129

    0.0

    Commo
    nname
    of
    species
    Chicken

    Drosophila

    Melanogaster

    4419

    0.0

    Fruitfly

    Taeniopygia
    Guttata
    AlligatorSinesis

    Ubiquitin

    2224

    0.0

    Mitochondrio
    n

    1768

    0.0

    Zebra
    finch
    Chinese
    alligator

    Specificnameof
    ClosetMatching
    Species

    GeneName

    Max
    Score

    E
    Value

    ObservationsFrom
    DistanceTreeof
    Results
    Verycloselyrelatedto
    birds
    Verycloselyrelatedto
    flies
    Verycloselyrelatedto
    birds
    Verycloselyrelatedto
    vertebrates

    Datatable:
    Analysis:
    1. BasedontheBLASTresultsfromeachgene,whichspeciesaremostclosely
    relatedtotheunknownfossilspecimen?Comparethescoresforeachgene.
    Theonewiththehighermaxscore(andlowestEvalue),thecloserthe
    alignment?
    ThespeciesthatismostlikelyrelatedtotheunknownfossilisGallusCollagen,asithas
    thehighestmaxscorecomparedtotheotherspecies(scoreof10129).Thesecondclosest
    isDrasophilaMelanogasterwithamaxscoreof4419.NextisTaeniopygiaUbiquitin
    (2224),andAlligaorSinesisMitochondrionlast(1768).TheEValueisirrelevantinthis
    scenariobecausetheyallhavethesameEValueof0.0.
    2. Basedonthisinformation,whereshouldthenewfossilspeciesbelongonthe
    cladogram?Ifnecessary,redrawthecladogramyoucreatedbefore.

    Thenewfossilspecieswouldbebranchedoffofthebirds.Thisisbecauseitisclosest
    relatedtoGallusCollagen,whichismostsimilartobirds.

    Conclusion:

    1. WasyourhypothesissupportedbytheDNAdata?
    No,theinitialhypothesiswasnotsupportedbytheDNAdata.Thehypothesiswasthatit
    wouldbeclosestrelatedtocrocodilians,butitwasactuallyclosestrelatedtobirds.In
    fact,thespeciesmostrelatedtocrocodilians(AlligatorSinesis)hadthelowermaxscore
    (1768)andwasthereforetheleastcloselyrelated.
    2. Compareanddiscussyourcladogramwithyourclassmates.Doeseveryone
    agreewiththeplacementofthefossilspecimen?Ifnot,whatisthebasisof
    thedisagreement?
    Yes,mostoftheclassagreesthatthisspeciesismostcloselyrelatedtoGallusCollagen
    andispartofthebirdsbranch.
    3. Whatotherdatacouldbecollectedfromthefossilspecimentohelpproperly
    identifyitsevolutionaryhistory?
    Otherphysicalfeaturescouldhelpidentifythefossilspecimen.Thesecouldbe:
    1. Ifthespecieshadears
    2. Ifthespecieshadscales
    3. Ifthespecieshadteeth
    Dataaboutitsenvironmentalconditionsandtimeperiodcouldalsobehelpfultoidentify
    itsevolutionaryhistory.

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