Evolution explains both the unity and the diversity of all organisms, and developing students' ability to represent and communicate evolutionary relationships is an important component of a complete biology education. We present a series of student-centered, exploratory activities to help students develop their tree-thinking skills. In these activities, students use complementary phenotypic and molecular data to explore how to build phylogenetic trees and interpret the evolutionary relationships they represent. This learning module is designed to engage students in the process of science, provide them with active learning experiences using online bioinformatics tools, and foster their appreciation for the evolutionary connections across the tree of life.
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17 July 2020
Exploratory Activities for Understanding Evolutionary Relationships Depicted by Phylogenetic Trees: United but Diverse
Erin L. McCullough,
Lauren Verdeflor,
Alaina Weinsztok,
Jason R. Wiles,
Steve Dorus
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The American Biology Teacher
Vol. 82 • No. 5
May 2020
Vol. 82 • No. 5
May 2020
bioinformatics
cladogram
DNA sequences
evolution
Inquiry
Tree-thinking
