Title: Assignment: LAB - Cladogram
Course: BIO-182 RTZ

A community of never-before-seen organisms were discovered on a remote island in the South Pacific. You were among the fortunate few allowed passage on the expedition to document their existence and describe their supposed evolutionary relationship. The trip is done and you are now tasked with writing a news article about the discovery and presumed phylogenetic relationship of these seven species.

The article should be between 400- 750 words long and will include a copy of the phylogenetic tree developed. Be sure to assign a name to each species. I will be looking at the mechanics of the tree you developed (check Chapter 22 for specifics on how the organization of a tree) as well as the logistics of your organization; that is, the rationale behind the divergence of species from each other. Remember that you are describing an adaptive radiation as a consequence of a founder effect, so your article should include some mention of the selective agents that encouraged the various speciation events.

:-)  This assignment is due no later than 6:00pm, Tuesday, 10 Feb.