The following lessons can be used to enhance or extend the concepts emphasized in What Did T. rex Taste Like?
ENSI
The ENSI (Evolution and the Nature of Science Institute) Web site has a series
of appropriate activities that you may wish to explore. One in particular, Molecular
Biology and Phylogeny, compares amino acid sequences in cytochrome-c
for several different animals and uses a cladistic analysis.
From
Restriction Maps to Cladograms
This activity was written by Aleta Sullivan and JoAnne Dombrowski and is posted on the Access Excellence Web site. The
activity simulates the work of a population geneticist as he or she observes
the likenesses and differences between related animal (primate) species and
then plots the relationships on a cladogram.
Island
Biogeography and Evolution: Solving a Phylogenetic Puzzle With Molecular Genetics
This activity is written by Ricahrd Filson and is posted on the Access Excellence Web site. The activity introduces students to multiple lines of evidence (geography,
geology, morphology, and molecular genetics) in order to develop a phylogeny
of island lizards.