Introduction to Alignment and Basic Tree Building
Learn to construct phylogenetic trees using aligned amino acid sequences, understand evolutionary relationships, and interpret phylogenetic data.
Introduction to Alignment and Basic Tree Building
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Introduction to Alignment and Basic Tree Building Julie Noor, Monnie McGee, and Kurt Regner
Project Outline • Provide students with Amino Acid sequences from 7 organisms for a gene that is present in all vertebrates • We chose hemoglobin zeta/alpha 2 • Assignment • Perform basic alignment using http://www.phylogeny.fr • Use aligned sequences to construct phylogenetic tree
Objectives • Students will understand that molecular data can be used to illustrate evolutionary relationships • Students will learn to interpret a phylogenetic tree • Students will use the tree to test a hypothesis • Variations • Students will learn how different multiple alignment algorithms affect the topology of the tree
Organisms • Leiostomus xanthurus • Mus musculus • Taeniopygia guttata • Hynobius retardatus • Geocelone chilenis • Homo sapiens • Riftia pachyptila
Aligned Sequences • Using Robust Phylogeny for NonSpecialists • Perform alignment using MUSCLE • Use Gblocks to curate • PhyML for Phylogeny Dereeper A., Guignon V., Blanc G., Audic S., Buffet S., Chevenet F., Dufayard J.-F., Guindon S., Lefort V., Lescot M., Claverie J.-M., Gascuel O. Phylogeny.fr: robust phylogenetic analysis for the non-specialist Nucleic Acids Research. 2008 Jul 1; 36 (Web Server Issue):W465-9. Epub 2008 Apr 19
Hmmmm…. • Placement of the salamander introduced more questions than our students should have to deal with • Replaced Hynobius retardatus with Bufo gargarizans and Leiostomus xanthurus with Danio rerio • Also wanted to illustrate birds’ relationship to lizards and snakes • Added Naja naja
Re-Aligned Sequences Dereeper A., Guignon V., Blanc G., Audic S., Buffet S., Chevenet F., Dufayard J.-F., Guindon S., Lefort V., Lescot M., Claverie J.-M., Gascuel O. Phylogeny.fr: robust phylogenetic analysis for the non-specialist Nucleic Acids Research. 2008 Jul 1; 36 (Web Server Issue):W465-9. Epub 2008 Apr 19 Using Robust Phylogeny for NonSpecialists Perform alignment using MUSCLE Use Gblocks to curate PhyML for Phylogeny
Still have problems… • Placement of amphibian still a problem and now placement of snake a problem, too • Retrieved new amino acid sequences for the 8 species by starting from globin domain in PFAM (and added Alligator mississippiensis to (hopefully) better demonstrate reptile/bird relationship)
And still got hard to explain relationships! • Choose different protein? • Check alignments? • Try nucleotide sequence? • Checked this quickly this morning with a different protein for good measure
And still got hard to explain relationships! • Find way to make sure we have orthologous sequences • Choose different protein? • Check alignments?