midwinteroasis Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 So a lecturer of mine posted up this question in a lectureQ11. Below is an alignment of orthologous amino acid sequences from threespecies (A, B and C). Species C is the known ‘outgroup’. Are the sequences evolvingin a clock like fashion?A: G E N M E E V L T I N A C EB: G E N E S E V I L A S S C RC: G E N E E E V I T I N A C Eand that's all very well. Except I have no idea how to do that and when he posted the answer in the next lecture, I have no idea how that answer appeared. Which I shall show belowA: S E C E N D S R D H A T D E A M E LB: S E Q A N C E R F N A N D G I M E SC: A E Q E N C E S F N A N D G A S R NI would be very grateful if anyone could provide me some insight to this. I'm pretty sure its not something difficult, just that my poor brain can't understand this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 I will move that to the homework section, maybe someone can help you with it. I have the feeling that something is missing and I have no idea what is meant with "clock-like" in this context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadn737 Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Why is the answer an alignment of an entirely different sequence? Something has to be missing from this question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampares Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 It doesn't look like the correct alignment. There must be a better scientific term for "clock-like-fashion". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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