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Whale Evolution

Whale Evolution

An interactive lecture in which students are presented with three sets of data from which they draw phylogenetic trees. These trees can then be collected and projected in class. The data include habitat and feeding behavior, skeletons, and DNA sequences. This allows students to see that biological theories must change as new data is discovered. It also forces students to explore which attributes of an organism are the most important in...

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Material Type:
Presentation
Date Added to MERLOT:
March 21, 2006
Date Modified in MERLOT:
May 30, 2018
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Submitter:
Scott Cooper
Primary Audience:
College General Ed
Technical Format:
PowerPoint File
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Not specified at this time
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Powerpoint file online
Language:
English
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No
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