Evidence for Evolution - Biology 3.5
Overview
Fossil record
Comparative anatomy
Molecular Biology
Biogeography
Other evidence
Molecular Biology
(The study of the formation, structure & function of macromolecules found in living organisms, particularly nucleic acids and proteins)
Source: http://www.citruscollege.edu/lc/archive/biology/Pages/Chapter17-Rabitoy.aspx
Source: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/071101_genealogy
Link to interactive activity - 'Darwin's tree of life'
Links that may be of use
Biology active learner - molecular biology
Berkeley - molecular biology
Smithsonian - human DNA evidence
Mitochondrial DNA - general info
Berkeley - evolutionary DNA history
Link to interactive activity - how similar are human and neanderthal mitochondrial DNA?
Link to interactive activity - DNA 'barcoding' - how DNA is extracted and compared
Videos