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(Solved): Please help me with this Asap! When DNA sequences are used for phylogenetic analyses, each nuc ...
Please help me with this Asap!
When DNA sequences are used for phylogenetic analyses, each nucleotide position can be considered a trait. Using the data provided below (57 bases from the mitochondrial DNA sequences of three chameleons and one lizard), map the synapomorphic traits onto the phylogenetic tree provided and then count the total number of trait transitions required to support this tree. [As an example of how I want you to map the traits onto the tree, I have chosen a trait that is NOT synapomorphic and mapped it onto the tree (position 10). The trait in question is an \( \mathrm{A} \) in the ancestral species and transitions to \( \mathrm{G} \) in Chamoeleol