1. Family tree of living things
phylogenetics
Family tree of living things

2. Phylogenetics (who’s related to who?)
speciation
phylogenetic tree
(family tree)
cladogram
molecular
morphology
fossil record
embryology
anatomy
DNA
RNA
Amino acids

3. Darwin’s first diagram of an evolutionary tree, 1837
Hillis Tree of Life
~3,000 species
based on
rRNA sequences
Darwin’s first diagram of an evolutionary tree, 1837

4. phylogeny can now match taxonomy

6. CLADOGRAM - made of clades (an organism and all descendants

7. binomial nomenclature
Carolus Linnaeus used morphology (anatomy) to give organisms a genus and species name.
Now DNA and RNA sequencing are used to confirm the phylogeny of organisms.

8. Common Ancestor for Archaea & Eucaryota

9. Morphology - structures of organisms

10. generated by MULAN project
Number represent number of nucleotide substitutions per 1,000 from the common ancestor
generated by MULAN project
MOLECULAR

11. African elephant Large, pillar-like legs, callous-like skin
Trunk, toe nails, feet shape support weight
tusks

12. chimpanzees
Posture,

13. Common shrew

14. hedgehog

15. Short-tailed opossum

16. Tenrec

17. AP BLAST Lab