BIOINF3310 - Phylogeny and Evolution
Title | BIOINF3310 Phylogeny and Evolution |
Lecturers | Prof. Daniel Huson and Sascha Patz |
Venue | Wednesdays, 8:15-10h, Hörsaal 2, Sand 6/7 |
Tutorials | Mo, 8-10h, A301, Sand 1 |
Modules | BSc Bioinformatik: Wahpflichtmodul Bioinformatik oder Informatik; BSc Informatik: Wahpflichtmodul Informatik, 6LP (neue PO) oder 4LP (alte PO) |
Grading | Written exam in two parts |
Language | English |
Links | Campus illias |
Contents
This course gives an introduction to the basic concepts and methods of phylogenetics.
Weekly assignments are handed out in class.
Date | Topic | Assignments |
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18.10. | 1. Graphs and trees | Assignment 1 |
25.10. | 2. Counting trees and distances between trees | Assignment 2 |
1.11. | Public holiday |
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8.11. | 3. Maximum parsimony methods | Assignment 3 |
15.11.. | continued | Assignment 4 |
22.11. | continued | Assignment 5 |
29.11. | 4. Simple models of evolution | Assignment 6 |
6.12. | 5. Distance-based methods | Practice exam |
13.12. | Exam part 1 (covering chapters 1-5) | |
20.12. | 6. Maximum-likelihood estimation | Assignment 7 |
10.1. | continued | Assignment 8 |
17.1. | 7. Bayesian methods | Assignment 9 |
24.1. | 8. Comparison and consensus | Assignment 10 |
31.1. | 9. Phylogenetic networks | Practice exam |
Friday 9.2. 14:15-16:00, A301, Sand 14 | Example part 2 (covering chap. 5-9) | |
Recommended textbooks
- Felsenstein, Inferring Phylogenies, Sinauer, 2004
- Huson, Rupp und Scornavacca, Phylogenetic Networks, Cambridge University Press, 2010
How to get credit for this course
- Always participate in the weekly problem sessions and actively present your results. If you miss more than two tutorials, then you will not be allowed to take the exam.
- Obtain at least 50% of all points. If you obtain 70%, 80% or 90% of all possible assignment points, then you will receive bonus points toward your exam that may improve you final grade by 0.3, 0.7 or 1.0, respectively.
- Pass the exam
- Assignments are set every Wednesday and are due on at the beginning of the lecture on the following Wednesday.