Algorithms for the computation of phylogenetic trees, winter term 2005/2006
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Algorithms for the computation of phylogenetic trees (Schwerpunkte B,C)
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Lectures |
Exercises |
| SWS |
2
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2 |
| Credits |
6
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0
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| Place |
SR 055
Arnimallee 2-6 |
MPI-MG
Ihnestrasse 73
seminar room on the ground floor of the
main building
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Date
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Tuesday,
2pm - 4pm
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Wednesday,
10.30 am - 12 noon
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| Lecturers |
Prof. Martin Vingron
(vingron@molgen.mpg.de)
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Hannes Luz
(luz@molgen.mpg.de) |
- Lecture and exercise on
Tuesday and Wednesday,
December 13 and 14, 2005 will be omitted!
- The next lectures will be given on Tuesday, 3rd of January,
the next exercise session will be on Wednesday, 4th of January, 2006.
The course will cover the algorithmic and statistical methods used for the construction of phylogenetic trees from biomolecular sequences. It will cover:
- Biological background, molecular evolution
- Character based methods
- Distance based methods
- Markov Models
- Likelihood methods
- Network methods
- Evaluation and comparison of trees
6 credit points are awarded after passing an oral exam at the end
of the lectures.
Requirements for being admitted to the oral exam:
- Participation in lectures and exercises
- 50 % of total exercise points
- Joseph Felsenstein, "Inferring Phylogenies", Sinauer Associates, Inc. (2004)
- D.L. Swofford, G.J. Olsen, P.J.Waddell and D.M. Hillis,
"Phylogenetic Inference", in: D.M. Hillis (ed.), Molecular Systematics,
2 ed., Sunderland Mass., (1996)
- Dan Graur, Weng-Hsiun Li, "Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution", Sinauer Associates
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