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Name(s):__________________________________Date:_______________Period:_______EssentialQuestion:Howcanbioinformaticsbeusedasatooltodetermineevolutionaryrelationshipsandtobetterunderstandgeneticdiseases?LearningObjectives:
• Tocreatecladogramsthatdepictevolutionaryrelationships• Toanalyzebiologicaldatawithasophisticatedbioinformaticsonlinetool• Tousecladogramsandbioinformaticstoolstoaskotherquestionsofyourownandtotestyour
abilitytoapplyconceptsyouknowrelatingtogeneticsandevolutionBACKGROUNDINFORMATION:Bioinformaticsisaninterdisciplinaryfieldthatcombinescomputerscience,statistics,mathematics,andengineeringtoanalyzeandinterpretbiologicaldata,specificallyinthefieldofgenomics.CommonusesincludeidentifyinggenesandDNAnucleotidesequencestodetermineevolutionaryrelationshipsamongorganisms.BLASTstandsforBasicLocalAlignmentSearchToolanditisdesignedtosearchnucleotideandproteindatabases.Thesequencesmustbeinaspecialformattooptimizeyoursearch.AnyoneintheworldwithacomputercanuseBLAST.YouwillbeusingBLASTn,whichisonlyusedtosearchfornucleotides.Itsearchesformatchesinthesequencebetweenyourgeneofinterest(thegeneyouupload)andmillionsofnucleotidesequencesinitsdatabase.IttakesyourDNAsequenceandbreaksindowninto“smallerwords”madeupof11nucleotidesandthencomparesthemtothoseinthedatabase.Thenitlooksformoresimilar“words”orsequencesadjacenttothefirstoneuntilit“reads”theentireDNAsequenceyouuploadedandhasfoundthemostsimilarmatches,oralignments.Whyisthisinformationimportanttoknow?Beingabletoidentifythepreciselocationandsequenceofhumangenesallowsustobetterunderstandgeneticdiseases.Inaddition,learningaboutthesequenceofgenesinotherspecieshelpsusunderstandevolutionaryrelationshipsamongorganisms.Manyofyourgenesareidenticalorsimilar,tothosefoundinotherspecies. Youwillusetheinformationtoconstructacladogram.Acladogram(alsocalledaphylogenetictree)isavisualizationoftheevolutionaryrelatednessofspecies. Historically,onlyphysicalcharacteristicswereusedtocreatecladograms.Todaymoderncladisticsalsoreliesheavilyongeneticsimilaritiesand/ordifferences.Forexample,theDNAofchimpanzeesandhumansis96-98%thesame,dependingonhowit’scalculated.Thiswouldplacechimpanzeesandhumansveryclosetogetheronacladogram.Humansandfruitfliesshareabout60%ofthesamegenes.Thiswouldplacethemfartherapartonacladogram.
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PROCEDURE:
STEP1:UsingFigure4.FossilCladogram,formaninitialhypothesisastowhereyouthinkthefossilspecimenshouldbeplacedonthecladogrambasedonthemorphology(formandstructureofanorganism)youmadeearlier.Writeyourhypothesistotherightofthecladogrambelow.
RemembertodrawwhereyouthinkthefossilspecimenshouldbeonthecladograminFigure4.STEP2:Usethegenesequencehandoutprovidedbyyourteacherandchooseoneofthefossilgenes.Highlightandcopyyourgeneofinterest.
ReadtheparagraphsatthebottomofpageS44.ThisisanenlargedphotoofFigure3.ThisfossilspecimenwasfoundintheLiaoningProvinceinChina.Itisanewlydiscoveredspecies.(Remember:DNAnucleotidesequenceswereextractedfromsofttissueinthisfossil.)YourtaskistouseBLASTntoanalyzethreegenesanddeterminetheplacewherethefossilspeciesismostlikelytobeplacedonthecladogramonpageS45.
Source:AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory,MickEllison
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STEP3:Uploadthegenesequencebydoingthefollowing:a. GototheBLASThomepage(https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi).Beginbyclickingonthe
NucleotideBlastbox.
Thisisthenextpageyou’llsee.
b. PasteyourgeneofinterestintotheEnterQuerySequencebox.
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*Besuretoaddajobtitlesoyouknowwhichgenenucleotidesequenceyouuploaded.
c. Scrolldowntothebottomofthepage.ClickontheBLASTbutton.
STEP4:Bepatient.Itmaytakeupto60secondstocompletetheBLASTnsearch.You’llseetheresultsin2forms–asadiagram,whichyouseebelow,andatable.
a. ClickonGraphicSummarytoseetheTableofyourBLASTnresults.
b. ViewtheTableofyourBLASTnresults:Thelistofspeciesthatappearsinthissectionarethosewithsequencesidenticaltoormostsimilar,tothegeneyouuploaded.ThesequencesbecomeLESSsimilarareyougodownthelist.
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c. Clickononeofthespecieslistedtofindoutmorespecificinformation,includingtheclassificationscheme(scientificname),theproteinthatthesequencecodesfor,andthesequenceofbasesthatappeartoalignwithyourgeneofinterest.Copythescientificnameofthatspeciesandpasteitintoagooglesearchtofindoutthecommonname.Seetheexamplebelow.
d. Youmustclickontheboxofthespeciesyouwanttousetocreatethe“DistanceTreeofResults.”
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e. ScrollbacktothetopofthepageandclickonDistancetreeofresults.Watchwhathappens!
THISisacladogramofyourresults.Thismightnotmeanmuchtoyourightnow,butit’sastartingpoint.Thiscladogramshowsthespecieswithsimilarsequencestothegeneyouuploaded(geneofinterest),accordingtohowcloselytheirmatchedgenealignswithyourgene.(Seebelow.)
Takeacloserlookatthelegendontherighthand-sideofthepage.Thearrowpointstoyourgene.
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f. ModifytheviewofthecladogrambychangingtheMaxSeqDifferencefrom0.75to0.15.Thiswillgiveyouamorecomprehensiveoverviewoftheevolutionaryrelationships.Usethelegend
todetermineevolutionaryrelationships.Thegeneyouuploadedishighlightedinyellow.
AnalyzingResults(pageS48):AsyoucollectinformationfromBLASTnsearchesforeachofthegenefiles,thinkaboutyouroriginalhypothesisandwhetherthedatasupportyouroriginalplacementofthefossilspeciesonthecladogramonpageS45.Themoresimilargenes2specieshaveincommon,themorerecenttheircommonancestorandthecloserthe2specieswillbelocatedonacladogram.ForeachBLASTnquery,considerthethreecriterialistedonpageS48foreachofthegenefilesbeforeansweringthefollowingquestions.
1. WhatspeciesintheBLASTnresultshasthemostsimilargenesequencestothegeneofinterest?
Firstspecies:
Secondspecies:
Thirdspecies:
2. Whereisthatspecieslocatedonyourcladogram?Firstspecies:Secondspecies:Thirdspecies:
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3. Howsimilaristhegenesequencetoyourgeneofinterest?
Firstgene:Secondgene:Thirdgene:
4. Namethespeciesthathasthenextmostsimilargenesequencetothegeneof
interest.Includeboththescientificnameandthecommonname.EVALUATINGRESULTS(pageS49):Compareanddiscussyourcladogramwithyourclassmates.Doeveryone’sresultsagreewiththeplacementofthefossilspecimenonyourcladogram?Ifthereisdisagreement,whatisthebasisforit?Identifyotherevolutionarydatathatcouldbecollectedfromthefossilspecimentohelpproperlyidentifyitsevolutionaryhistory.DESIGNANDCONDUCTYOUROWNINVESTIGATION:ExampleProcedureYouwilluseBLASTtofindyourowngenesofinteresttoinvestigate.GotopageS50toreadthelistofquestionsandthetablewithsuggestedgenesforhumanproteinsthatyoucouldinvestigate.Pickoneinthetableorfindadifferentone.Forexample:
a. Gotohttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene.Typehumaninthesearchboxtofindgenesequencesforthousandsofhumanproteins.Followtheinstructionsbelow.
b. IfyouwanttofindoneofthegeneslistedinthetableonpageS50,youcanadd
thenametoyoursearch.Theexamplebelowshowstheresultsofasearchusingonly“human”asthecriteria.Youwillseealonglistofhumanproteins.Chooseaprotein.
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c. ThisexampleshowsasearchforthegenesequenceofHLA-B,anMHCprotein.ClickonHLA-B.Anewpagewillopen.
d. Scrolldownthepageuntilyouseethis.ClickonFASTA.(PronouncedasFast-AY)
e. Thisisjustasnapshotofyourresults.YouneedtoscrolldowntoviewtheentirenucleotidesequenceforHLA-B.
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f. CopytheentiregenesequenceandthengobacktotheBLASTnhomepage.Pasteitintothe“EnterQuerySequence”box,clickBLASTandfollowthesameprocedureyouusedtocreateacladogram.
g. Answerthefollowingquestionstothebestofyourabilityasyoulookataspecificgene.
1. Whatisthefunctioninhumansoftheproteinproducedfromthegeneyouchose?
2. Wouldyouexpecttofindthesameproteininotherorganisms?Ifso,whichones?Explainwhy.
3. Isitpossibletofindthesamegeneintwodifferentkindsoforganismsbutnotfindtheproteinthatisproducedfromthatgene?Explainyouranswer.
4. Ifyoufoundthesameproteininallorganismsyoutest,whatdoesthissuggestabouttheevolutionofthisgeneinthehistoryoflifeoneearth?Justifyyouranswerwithevidence.