This week?s Bio seminar Friday, Jan. 30, DV2082?at 12pm Julie Claycomb,?St. George Campus, UofT (Department of Molecular Genetics) Small RNA pathways as guardians of germline gene expression 1 Lecture 8: Phylogeny V A diversity of trees - and stories they tell Working on the current tree of life 2 Something (not so) different 3 Do you know the story of ?? A. Yes B. No 4 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/ 2013/11/131129-little-red-riding-hood-folktale- tehrani-anthropology-science/ Where did the story come from? 5 6 7 Phylogenetic analyses are also important for conservation 8 9 Our idea of the tree of life has changed over the years 10 Ernst Haeckel(1866) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_life_(biology) We currently recognize