Phylogeny
| Title | Phylogenie und Evolution - Phylogenetics - BIOINF3310 - WS 2012/13 |
| Lectures | Dr. Cuong Van Than and Prof. Daniel Huson |
| Venue | Thursdays, 8:30 - 10:00, Großer Hörsaal, Sand 6/7 |
| Tutorial | Wednesday, 8:15-10:00, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 18/10/12 | 1. Graphs and trees | |
| 25/10/12 | continued | |
| 01/11/13 | no lecture | |
| 8/11/12 | 2. Alignments & Juke Cantor model | |
| 15/11/12 | 3. Counting trees | |
| 22/11/12 | 4. Maximum parsimony methods | |
| 29/11/12 | continued | |
| 06/12/12 | Midterm exam | |
| 13/12/12 | 5. Models of evolution | |
| 20/12/12 | 6. Maximum-likelihood methods | |
| 10/01/12 | continued | |
| 17/01/12 | 7. Bayesian methods | |
| 24/01/12 | continued | |
| 31/01/13 | 8. Comparison and consensus | |
| 07/02/13 | 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