Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Analysis of Phylogenetic Tree

Our phylogenetic trees differed from one another, the tree based off of pollen morphology states that Wisteria and Snapdragon were more closely related, while the tree based off of protein sequences states that Tulip and Snapdragon are more closely related.  The phylogenetic tree based on pollen morphology supports our hypothesis in saying that species with multiple flowers per stem are more closely related than ones with one flower per stem.  However the tree based on protein sequences states otherwise.  The tree on pollen morphology is based mostly on appearance, where as the protein sequence tree is based on the amino acids of the rubisco protein inside the flowers which makes us believe that our hypothesis was incorrect, meaning Tulip and Snapdragon are most closely related and Wisteria is the most distant ancestor.  Ultimately the characteristic of having multiple flowers per stem or one flower per stem does not relate to whether different species of flower and their pollen came from the same ancestor or not.  

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