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sister taxa with strong support from the nuclear gene (28S & Per) and total data (28S, Per & COI) trees and weaker support from the COI gene alone. Lucilia cuprina is paraphyletic (Fig. 2) with respect to L. sericata in the mitochondrial gene (COI) tree, as has been shown previously (using the same sequences but weaker auxiliary taxon sampling) to be the result of introgressive hybridisation between these two species (Williams & Villet, 2013). In another study, the nuclear gene elongation factor-1

difficult to put species in specific categories or relate them to one another. Along with phylogenies can come conflict on which species should be related to one another. This conflict causes many hypotheses and experiments, which can lead to phylogenetic retrofitting,

Opazo et al. (2006) conducted an analysis and found that among the six loci used in their study, two of them supported the hypothesis which suggests that the first split was between Pitheciidae and the remaining platyrrhines, which grouped Atelidae and Cebidae together (Chavez et al., 1999) and one of the loci supported the hypothesis of Ateliedae and Pitheciidae being sister group of the family Cebidae (Canavez et al., 1999). These results therefore indicate that there was an initial radiation in

1. In module 1, you identified which species of lizards were most similar to one another based on relative limb length and toe pad size. In this module, you determined which lizards are more similar to one another based on what type of information? I determined which lizards that are most similar based on their DNA sequence and their ancestors instead of their physical traits. 2. Are the species of lizard that are more similar to one another according to body type also more closely related based

Evolution is something that can be taken into different meanings, from the way you live. Some people can accept evolution and some can’t. The meaning of evolution is the way a different animal or species came to be, and how they are linked to a different of species that all share a common ancestor (an introduction to evolution). There is a lot of evidence to shows that evolution is can be proven like DNA Sequences, Fossil Records, Cladograms, and analogous/homologous structures, because there are

Classification is a matter of categorizing various living-things into different groups and therefore we can distinguish diverse species. It is absolutely crucial and takes a huge role in our lives of human-beings, who are the most developed and intellectual animals on the planet earth. Classification gradually led to a massive development of Science, especially Biology and eventually resulted in the creation of new classification systems which we are pretty much aware of in the 21st century. If there

Asexual Propagation Lab Report Chance Bufe PSS 1411-512 Vikram Baliga April 4, 2012 I. Introduction- Asexual Propagation is the process of using plant materials such as the stems, leaves, and roots to multiply the number of plants. These plants eventually grow to be a brand new plant that is genetically identical to the parent plant it came from. In several types of plants, asexual propagation is the fastest means of new plant growth. Asexual propagation is also a good way to maintain

Brazil's Development Without Long Term Damage to the Amazon Introduction As part of this essay I will be discussing the issues involved with Brazil’s Amazon rainforest and how they as a country can use the rainforests resources for their development, without impairing the ability to use those resources in the future. In other words it is saying that Brazil should not cause long term damage to the rainforest when extracting resources. This is called sustainable development

lips began to move. I began setting rules such as everybody needs to help each other, they need to be fair and not greedy with the food or resources, everybody needs to help on any project that we do to get rescued. You cannot go past the tenth apple tree until we run out of food and lastly if any of the rules are broken you will not be able to have any food for the day. As I slowly moved my head in a clockwise direction I saw their faces filled with shock but as they began discussing these rules to

It seems that when night falls, the mind appears to go into a state of panic. Nighttime brings to mind many horror movies scenario. Well they do when you’re in the middle of nowhere, with a couple of friends and a machete. At least in my mind that’s what happened. A state of pure terror seems to sink in, and I believe the worst scenario that a random stranger is coming inside my tent and slaughtering me while I’m asleep. To begin with, when the day started, it seemed that the scenery was beautiful