appreciation of the value of phylogenetic reconstruction for understanding evolutionary patterns and processes 3) To construct your own phylogenetic hypotheses Introduction The Tree of Life Perhaps the most important implication of the theory of evolution is that all species of organisms, including humans, are related to each other in a genealogical sense. Even organisms as distinct as fungi, humans, and bacteria have ancestors in common. Some species, such as chimps and humans, share a fairly recent…
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