BIOINF3310 Phylogeny and Evolution
| Lecturers | Prof. Daniel Huson, Xi Chen and Timo Lucas |
| Lectures | Tuesdays, 8:15-10, in F122 Hörsaal, Sand 6/7 |
| Assignments | Assignments will be made available every Tuesday at 8am via Ilias. Solutions are due by the following Tuesday at 8am. |
| Tutorials | Group A, Wednesdays, 16-18h, C215, Sand 14 Group B, Wednesdays, 16-18h, F122, Sand 6/7 Weekly tutorials will take place starting in the second week. Participation is mandatory. |
| Exam | Written exam |
| Audience | Bachelor and master students, bioinformatics, 6 LP |
| Language | English |
| Links | Alma Ilias Script |
Contents
This course gives an introduction to the basic concepts and methods of phylogenetics.
Weekly assignments are handed out in class.
| Date | Topic | Assignments |
|---|---|---|
| 19.04. | 1. Graphs and trees | Assignment 1 |
| 26.04. | 2. Counting trees and distances between trees | Assignment 2 |
| 03.05. | 3. Maximum parsimony methods | Assignment 3 |
| 10.05. | continued | Assignment 4 |
| 17.05. | 4. Distance-based methods | Assignment 5 |
| 24.05. | 5. Sequence-based methods | Assignment 6 |
| 31.05. | 6. Rooted trees and networks | Assignment 7 |
| 14.06. | continued | Assignment 8 |
| 21.06. | 7. Unrooted trees and networks | Assignment 9 |
| 28.06. | continued | Assignment 10 |
| 05.07. | 8. Consensus trees and networks | Assignment 11 |
| 12.07. | 9. Neighbor net | Assignment 12 |
| 19.07. | 10. Phylogenetic outlines | Practice exam |
| 26.07. | Exam | |
There will be a makeup exam on September 28, 14:15-15:45, Location: F119, Sand 6/7. Please send an email to Prof. Daniel Huson if you intend to participate in this exam.
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.
- Assignments are set weekly and are due the following week.
- 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.
- Pass the exam.