BIOINF3310 Phylogeny and Evolution
| Lecturers | Prof. Daniel Huson and Timo Lucas |
| Lectures | Tuesdays, 8:15-10, in A302, Sand 1, starting October 25. |
| Assignments | Assignments will be made available every Tuesday at 8am via Ilias. Solutions are due by the following Tuesday at 8am. |
| Tutorials | Thursdays, 4-6pm, Poolraum C214 (Informatik Sand 14), starting Nov 10, will meet somewhere else on Jan 19. Participation is mandatory. |
| Exam | Written exam |
| Audience | Bachelor and master students, bioinformatics, 6 LP |
| Language | English |
Links | Alma Ilias |
Contents
This course gives an introduction to the basic concepts and methods of phylogenetics.
Weekly assignments are handed out in class.
| Date | Topic | Assignments |
|---|---|---|
| 25.10. | 1. Graphs and trees | Assignment 1 |
| 08.11. | 2. Maximum parsimony methods | Assignment 2 |
| 15.11. | 3. Distance-based methods | Assignment 3 |
| 22.11. | 4. Sequence-based methods | Assignment 4 |
| 29.11. | 5. Rooted trees and networks | Assignment 5 |
| 06.12. | continued | Assignment 6 |
| 13.12. | 6. Unrooted trees and networks | Assignment 7 |
20.12. No class - video online | continued | Assignment 8 In this week, tutorial meets via Zoom |
| 10.01 | 7. Consensus trees and networks | Assignment 9 |
| 17.01. | 8. Neighbor net | Assignment 10 |
| 24.01 | 9. phylogenetic outlines | Practice exam |
| 31.01 | exam | |
There will be a makeup exam on March 29th, 9:15-10:45, in C215, Sand 14. 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.