To acquire an understanding of molecular phylogenetics. Students to acquire practical, on-hands experience in molecular phylogenetics.
Subject
The course provides an overview of basic techniques and data types in various areas of phylogenetic inference. The course covers the following topics: Characteristics and informative value of molecular data; Maximum parsimony; Models of molecular evolution; Phylogenetic inference based on evolutionary distances; Maximum likelihood and Bayesian probability; Alignments and Matrices; Phylogenetic inference at population level: intraspecific genealogy and coalescence; Phylogeography and Coevolution; Alternative approaches and data sources in molecular phylogenetics.
Exercising and discussing recently learned material in the field of molecular phylogenetics.
Further information
Recommended reading:
M. Nei and S. Kumar: Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics. Oxford Univerity Press, 2000.
R.D.M.Page and E.C. Holmes: Molecular evolution, a phylogenetic approach. Blackwell, 1998
Corresponding lecture
VL Molecular Phylogenetics (3 ECTS) + SE Seminar in Molecular Phylogenetics (1 ECTS) (as lecture)
