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Name: Phylogenetic Trees
ID: m11052
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module introduces the student to the concept of cladograms and phylogenetic trees. It explores some online bioinformatics tools that will produce tree diagrams.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: cladogram, evolutionary distance, phylogeny, related sequences, sequence homology
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)
Maintainers: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)
Version: 2.8 (history)
Created: Feb 21, 2003 12:00 am US/Central
Revised: Mar 1, 2006 1:01 pm US/Central

Version History

Version: 2.8 Mar 1, 2006 1:01 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
reworded problem 6
Version: 2.7 Feb 16, 2005 1:44 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
changed lists of questions to <exercise> and <problem> tags
Version: 2.6 Feb 23, 2004 4:10 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
required the student send a postscript of the phylograms
Version: 2.5 Feb 18, 2004 10:37 am US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
changed wording (minor)
Version: 2.4 Feb 9, 2004 5:03 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
changes made to accommodate new options in biology workbench
Version: 2.3 Feb 24, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
minor rewording
Version: 2.2 Feb 24, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
minor rewording
Version: 2.1 Feb 21, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
minor correction to text
Version: 2.0 Feb 21, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
v1

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