Textbook Question
Considering the phylogenetic assignment of Plasmodium falciparum, the malarial parasite, to the phylum Apicomplexa, what might you speculate as to whether the parasite is susceptible to aminoglycoside antibiotics?
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22. Evolutionary Genetics
Phylogenetic Trees
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How can DNA sequence data be useful in reconstructing phylogenetic relationships among species?
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By proving that species with the same chromosome number must be each other’s closest relatives
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By directly revealing an organism’s ecological niche, which uniquely determines its position on a phylogenetic tree
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By measuring an organism’s metabolic rate to determine which species evolved first
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By comparing homologous DNA sequences to estimate genetic similarity and infer common ancestry and branching order
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