PLANT MOL

The use of molecular data to infer phylogenetic relationships.

4 Types of molecular data

4 DNA Fragments

Refers to the sequence of nucleotide in a particular region of the DNA in a given taxon.

Each nucleotide position is a ___ and the actual nucleotide that is present at that site is the ___.

4 nucleotide bases

A character can be ___ when nucleotide changes are shared by two or more taxa.

A character can be ___ when all nucleotides are the same among taxa, or when only a single taxon has a different nucleotide.

Three major sources of genes (DNA) for plants

replicate and divide independently of the nucleus and it is transmitted to offspring only maternally