Bioinformatics Pre-Lab Concepts

Phylogenetics is the study of evolutionary relatedness among biological organisms using DNA or amino acid sequences. Explore how constructing phylogenetic trees illustrates evolutionary histories and aids in understanding species' relatedness.

Topics

  • genetic divergence
  • sequence alignment
  • nucleotide mutations
  • rooted trees
  • species evolution
  • sanger sequencing
  • DNA analysis
  • phylogenetics
  • evolutionary relationships
  • DNA sequences
  • phylogenetic trees