BLAST Virtual Lab
Step into the world of bioinformatics and use BLAST to crack a fossil mystery! Learn how to compare genes, spot conserved sequences, and combine genetic and morphological evidence to place an unknown species on a cladogram and reveal its evolutionary relatives.
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Topics
- AP
- AP Biology
- AP Bio
- next generation science standards
- NGSS
- molecular data
- phylogenetic tree
- phylogeny
- fossil
- morphology
- DNA
- protein
- cladogram
- BLAST
- bioinformatics
- conserved sequence
- shared traits
- derived traits