Relazioni evolutive

Open the BLAST website on each computer that the students will be using. https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi

Navigate to the provided link to find the chicken, alligator, and zebra finch gene sequences. https://github.com/EvolutionGenes/Evolutionary-Relationships-Genes NOTE: These gene sequences will be used as the living relative DNA samples for the mystery fossil.

Click on the first sequence to familiarize yourself with it.

Return to the main page and click on the green “Clone or download” button.

Then, select 'Download ZIP'.

Save the files on the computer desktop for the students to access easily. Repeat steps 2 – 6 on each computer.

Print out a sufficient number of blank cladograms so that there is one per student. NOTE: It is recommended to also print spare cladograms.