Classifictaion Usinf Dna Or Proteins Flashcards

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Three ways to classify evolutionary relationships

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Genome sequencing

Comparing amino acid sequence

Immunological comparisons

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Genome sequencing

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DNA base sequence of one organisms can be compared to another to see how closely related they are

Closely related species will have a higher percentage of similarity in dna base sequence

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Comparing amino acid sequence

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Related organisms have similar DNA sequence and so similar amino acid sequence in their proteins

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Immunological comparisons

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Similar proteins will bind to the same antibodies

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