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Group 1: Chamberlin 202
Tree of Life
Leaders: Katja Schulz, University of Arizona
Sam Donovan, University of Pittsburgh
Anton Weisstein, Truman State University
- Tree of Life Web Project
http://tolweb.org/tree/
The Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) is a collaborative effort of
biologists from around the world. On more than 5000 World Wide Web
pages, the project provides information about the diversity of
organisms on Earth, their evolutionary history (phylogeny), and
characteristics.
Each page contains information about a particular group of organisms
(e.g., echinoderms, tyrannosaurs, phlox flowers, cephalopods, club
fungi, or the salamanderfish of Western Australia). ToL pages are
linked one to another hierarchically, in the form of the evolutionary
tree of life. Starting with the root of all Life on Earth and moving
out along diverging branches to individual species, the structure of
the ToL project thus illustrates the genetic connections between all
living things.
- Mesquite: A modular system for evolutionary analysis
http://mesquiteproject.org/mesquite/mesquite.html
Mesquite is software for evolutionary biology, designed to help
biologists analyze comparative data about organisms. Its emphasis is
on phylogenetic analysis, but some of its modules concern population
genetics, while others do non-phylogenetic multivariate analysis.
Because it is modular, the analyses available depend on the modules
installed.
- MEGA: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis
http://www.megasoftware.net/
MEGA is an integrated tool for automatic and manual sequence
alignment, inferring phylogenetic trees, mining web-based databases,
estimating rates of molecular evolution, and testing evolutionary
hypotheses.
- Split Decomposition
http://bioquest.org/esteem/esteem_details.php?product_id=195
This worksheet performs split decomposition on a set of four DNA
sequences and their associated amino acid sequences. The user can type
in the sequences or paste them in from a text file. The program then
translates the DNA sequences into amino acid sequences and calculates
split indices and four-point conditions for each of the three possible
unrooted phylogenies. The user can use these values to assess the data
support for each of these topologies.
- EvolSeq
http://bioquest.org/esteem/esteem_details.php?product_id=194
This worksheet simulates the molecular evolution of DNA sequences. The
program begins with a single (random) sequence, then follows that
sequence through time as it reproduces and mutates. Eventually, up to
20 evolutionary related sequences are generated. EvolSeq then
calculates the genetic distances between each pair of DNA sequences,
and also between the associated amino acid sequences.
- BiologyOfHeliconius1981.pdf
- Heliconiines.nex
- Josia1997PublicVersion.nex
- LBAInAction.doc
- BioQuest2007Katja.ppt (8.5 MB)
Group 2: Mayer 222
NESCent and BioQUEST: Investigative Cases
Leaders: Kristin Jenkins, Duke University
Margaret Waterman, Southeast Missouri State University
Ethel Stanley, BioQUEST
Group 3: Chamberlin 208
Numb3r5 Count!
Leaders: Claudia Neuhauser, University of Minnesota
Jory Weintraub, Duke University
John R. Jungck, Beloit College
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