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Inquiry-based hypothesis testing using phylogenetic trees in MEGA

Author(s): Kristin Hultgren

Seattle University

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A key learning objective in biology is applying bioinformatics tools to test a real-life question. These inquiry-based modules have students assemble and align data, and construct simple phylogenies using the program MEGA, to test evolutionary…

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A key learning objective in biology is applying bioinformatics tools to test a real-life question. These inquiry-based modules have students assemble and align data, and construct simple phylogenies using the program MEGA, to test evolutionary hypotheses.

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Version 1.0 - published on 17 Jun 2021 doi:10.25334/FYP1-0G44 - cite this

Adapted from: Sequence Similarity: An inquiry based and "under the hood" approach for incorporating molecular sequence alignment in introductory undergraduate biology courses v 5.0

Keywords

  1. phylogenetics
  2. bioinformatics
  3. FASTA
  4. NCBI
  5. BLAST
  6. multiple sequence alignment
  7. sequence similarity
  8. CourseSource
  9. Zika virus
  10. MEGA
  11. alcohol metabolism

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