Sequence Alignment: A Tool to Study Evolution
Multiple sequence alignment has become a key tool in evolutionary biology and phylogenetic analysis. By comparing DNA or protein sequences from different species, we can identify differences and similarities that allow us to create phylogenetic trees that illustrate the relationships between species.
Topics
- sequence alignment
- multiple sequence alignment
- evolutionary relatedness
- relatedness
- evolutionary relationship
- evolutionary biology
- sequence
- nucleic acid
- DNA
- RNA
- protein
- sequence similarity
- sequence identity
- beta-globin
- sequence comparison
- rhesus monkey
- gibbon
- human
- phylogenetic tree
- phylogenetic analysis
- phylogeny
- common ancestor
- divergence