8. DNA sequencing
Next we want to determine the sequence of the DNA code for the gene under study. Each gene is made of a series of building blocks or bases. The order in which these bases are put together (and there are only 4 bases) determines the function of the gene.
This technique is being used in projects such as:
- The Phylogeny and adaptive radiation of the Caenogastropod molluscs
- Can Phylogeny reveal ancient geography? Cladistic tests of 'deep' areas of endemism for the Australian Biota and Gondwanan biogeography
- Arthropod Molecular Evolution
- Reserve selection: evaluation and application of phylogenetic diversity measures for invertebrates
- Molecular Phylogenetics of Fruitbats
- Gastropod evolutionary rates and phylogenetic relationships assessed using partial 28S rDNA and histone H3 sequences
- Phylogenetic investigations of the Stephanoberyciformes and Beryciformes, particularly whalefishes (Euteleostei:Cetomimidae)
- Molecular Phylogeny of the Polychaeta
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