Evolutionary Tree Diagram (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Evolutionary Tree Diagram

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This evolutionary tree shows the split between primate and rodent lineages about 90 million years ago, before the emergence of Alu elements in primates and B/ID elements in rodents. These short interspersed elements evolved independently in the two lineages to play the same role in gene regulation.

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Bronwyn Lucas

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