scholarly journals Where Do I Come From? Using Student’s Mitochondrial DNA to Teach About Phylogeny, Molecular Clocks, and Population Genetics

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 501-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luana S. Maroja ◽  
Jason A. Wilder
Keyword(s):  
Population Genetics ◽  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Molecular Clocks

5. Evolutionary genomics

2018 ◽  
pp. 59-87
Author(s):  
John Archibald
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Ancient Dna ◽  
Genomic Research ◽  
Evolutionary Genomics ◽  
Eukaryotic Cells ◽  
Comparative Genomic ◽  
Molecular Clocks ◽  
Genome Sequences ◽  
Protein Amino Acid

We are still learning how to make sense of what genome sequences have to tell us. ‘Evolutionary genomics’ first considers the ‘molecular clock’, a bedrock concept underlying modern comparative genomic research. Molecular clocks can be inferred using both protein (amino acid) and DNA (nucleotide) sequences. It then looks at our understanding of Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA evolution before discussing the difficulties of extracting ancient DNA from fossils. Among the most remarkable achievements of ancient DNA research has been the sequencing of nuclear genomes from Neanderthals and other now-extinct human relatives, aiding research into what makes us human. The question of how eukaryotic cells evolved from prokaryotes is also considered.

Evidence of Hybridization between Elaphe bairdi and Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri Including Comparative Population Genetics Inferred from Microsatellites and Mitochondrial DNA

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Vandewege ◽  
David Rodriguez ◽  
Jeremy P. Weaver ◽  
Troy D. Hibbitts ◽  
Michael R. J. Forstner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Genetics ◽  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Elaphe Obsoleta ◽  
Comparative Population

Phylogeography and population genetics of the cryptic bonnethead shark Sphyrna aff. tiburo in Brazil and the Caribbean inferred from mitochondrial DNA markers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy Gonzalez ◽  
Bautisse Postaire ◽  
Rodrigo R. Domingues ◽  
Kevin A. Feldheim ◽  
Susana Caballero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Genetics ◽  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Dna Markers ◽  
Bonnethead Shark ◽  
The Caribbean

Updating the African human mitochondrial DNA tree: Relevance to forensic and population genetics

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 156-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja Heinz ◽  
Maria Pala ◽  
Alberto Gómez-Carballa ◽  
Martin B. Richards ◽  
Antonio Salas
Keyword(s):  
Population Genetics ◽  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Human Mitochondrial Dna
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