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Mammalian Evolution Using IRBP Gene
 
 
Authors          Audiences          Overview           Materials          Resources           Future Directions
  

 


Authors


Mike Morris
Southeastern Oklahoma State University


Hector Miranda
Rollins College


Jenna Hellack
University of Central Oklahoma


Steve Shore
Oklahoma City Community College
 
 
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Possible Audiences:

Biology majors, especially in mammology and evolution courses.  

 
 


Brief Overview:

To provide a problem space wherein students can use sequence data using a slowly evolving genes to resolve deep-level divergences within and among mammalian groups.

To illustrate the explanatory powers of (molecular) phylogenetics for biology.  

 
 
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Project Materials:

Edited sequences of the IRBP (interphotoreceptor binding protein) gene

Access to Biology Workbench  

 
 


Resources and References:

Murphy et al. 2001 Nature 294:2348-2351

PowerPoint Intro  

 
 
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Future Directions:

Provides students to pose many other questions and generate many hypotheses.

Investigate the concept of HOMOLOGY in both molecular and morphological (or behavioral, ecological ) data sets

Test geographic events with character evolution.

Allow students to view biodiversity (and conservation) in the context of evolution.