Phylogeny
| Title | Phylogenie und Evolution - Phylogenetics - BIOINF3310 - WS 2013/14 |
| Lectures | Dr. Cuong Van Than and Prof. Daniel Huson |
| Venue | Thursdays, 8:30 - 10:00, kleiner Hörsaal, Sand 6/7 |
| Tutorial | Wednesday, 16:00-17:30, Kleiner Hörsaal, Sand 6/6 |
| Modules | BSc Bioinformatik: Wahlpflichtmodul Bioinformatik oder Informatik; BSc Informatik: Wahlpflichtmodul Informatik, 4LP |
| Grading | Assignments (20%), midterm exam (40%) and final exam (40%) |
| Language | English |
Contents
This course gives and introduction to the basic concepts and methods of phylogenetics. Weekly assignments are handed out in class.
| Date | Topic | Material |
|---|---|---|
| 17/10/13 | 1. Graphs | lec1.pdf hw1.pdf |
| 24/10/13 | 2. Trees | lec2.pdf hw2.pdf |
| 31/10/13 | 3. Counting trees | lec3.pdf hw3.pdf |
| 07/11/13 | 4. PDA and Yule models | lec4.pdf hw4.pdf |
| 14/11/13 | 5. Trees and splits | lec5.pdf hw5.pdf |
| 21/11/13 | 6. Buneman graphs | lec6.pdf hw6.pdf |
| 28/11/13 | 7. Characters | lec7.pdf |
| 05/12/13 | Midterm exam | |
| 12/12/13 | 8. Maximum parsimony | |
| 19/12/13 | 9. Evolutionary models | |
| 16/01/14 | 10. Evolutionary models (continued) | |
| 23/01/14 | 11. Maximum likelihood | |
| 30/01/14 | 12. Bayesian methods | |
| 06/02/13 | 13. Tree comparison | |
| 13/02/13 | Final 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.
- Pass the mid-term exam
- Pass the final exam
- You may work on and hand-in assignments in groups of up to two people
- Assignments are set every Thursday and are due on the following Thursday, 8.30 am.
- Your final grade is determined as follows: 20% assignments, 40% mid-term exam, 40% final exam