BIOINF3310 Phylogeny and Evolution
Online
| Lecturers | Prof. Daniel Huson and Caner Bagci |
| Lectures | Lectures will be pre-recorded and made available Tuesdays at 8am via Ilias. The lecturer is available for questions and discussions on Wednesdays at 11:30 (Zoom) |
| Assignments | Assignments will be made available every Tuesday at 8am via Ilias. Solutions are due by the following Tuesday at 8am. |
| Tutorials | Weekly tutorials will take place Tuesdays 8:15-9:45 via Zoom, starting 10-Nov. Participation is mandatory. The time and date of tutorials will be discussed in the first session and may be subject to change. |
| Exam | Oral exam, online. |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3.11.20 | 1. Graphs and trees | Assignment 1 |
| 10.11.20 | 2. Counting trees and distances between trees | Assignment 2 |
| 17.11.20 | 3. Maximum parsimony methods | Assignment 3 |
| 24.11.20 | continued | Assignment 4 |
| 1.12.20 | continued | Assignment 5 |
| 8.12.20 | 4. Simple models of evolution | Assignment 6 |
| 15.12.20 | 5. Distance-based methods | Assignment 7 |
| 22.12.20 | continued | Assignment 8 |
| 12.1.21 | 6. Maximum-likelihood estimation | Assignment 9 |
| 19.1.21 | 7. Bayesian methods | Assignment 10 |
| 26.1.21 | 8. Comparison and consensus | Assignment 11 |
| 2.2.21 | 9. Phylogenetic context | Assignment 12 |
| 9.2.21 | 10. Phylogenetic networks | Assignment 13 |
| 16.2.21 | continued | Practice exam |
23.2.21 | Free for exam preparation. | |
| Exam: | Oral exams online, time and date to be confirmed. |
There will be a makeup exam on March 31, 10-12h??? (date not yet confirmed).
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.