INVESTIGATING BIODIVERSITY

Question 1

What are the 3 types of diversity in a community?

Answer 1

Species - the amount of different species, the numbers of individuals per species
Genetic - all of the genes carried by the species population
Ecosystem - the amount of different habitats

Question 2

What are the different ways to compare biodiversity and phylogenetic relationships?

Answer 2

mRNA base sequences
DNA base sequences
Amino acid sequences in proteins
Observable characteristics

The closer the sequences are, and the higher the frequency of characteristics, the more closely related different organisms are