Figure 1. Phylogenetic tree representing the evolutionary relatedness among bear
populations based on mitochondrial DNA sequence comparisons
Polar bears are highly adapted for life in cold climates around the North Pole. Brown bears, black
bears, and pandas are found in warmer environments. Researchers collected complete
mitochondrial DNA sequences from several populations of bears and constructed a phylogenetic
tree to represent their evolutionary relatedness (Figure 1).
A researcher studying adaptation in bears sequenced the nuclear gene encoding a lysosomal
trafficking protein (LYST) in polar bears, brown bears, black bears, and panda bears. There are
seven inferred amino acid substitutions that are found only in polar bears. Mutations that cause
similar substitutions in the human LYST protein are associated with Chediak-Higashi syndrome, an
autosomal recessive condition in which pigment is absent from the hair and eyes. The researcher
used the inferred amino acid sequences to build the distance matrix shown in Table 1.

Use the phylogenetic tree in figure 1 to estimate the age in hundreds of thousands of years of the most recent common ancestor of all brown bears. Identify the population of brown bears to which polar bears are most closely related based on the mitochondrial DNA sequence comparison. Identify two populations who’d positions could be switched without affecting the relationships illustrated in the cladogram.

when a reversible reaction is occurring in both directions at the same rate; the products and reactants do not change in concentration. a chemical reaction where the compound is broken into its constituent parts.

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hydroxyl -oh

alcohols, always polar, can form hydrogen bonds with h2o molecules

carboxyl -cooh  

cargoxylic acids, has acidic properties which is a source of hydrogen ions, found in cells in ionized for with a charge of oh-1

carbonyl > co

ketone if within skeleton, aldehyde if group is at the end of skeleton, k & a may be structural isomers, it determines 2 sugars (ketose & aldose)

amino -nh2

amines, acts as a base, it can pick up h+ ions from surrounding solution, ionized with charge of 1+

methyl ch2

addition to rna/dna affects and gene expression

phosphate -opo3 ²⁻

organic phosphates, contributes to negative charge to, molecule that it is a part of, and potential to react with h20

sulfhydryl -sh

thiols, cross-linking stabilize the protein, and it is structure

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