Seminar Phylogeny
Seminar Phylogeny
| Lecturers: |
Prof Daniel Huson and Dr. Regula Rupp |
| Type of course: |
Seminar for Bachelor Bioinformatic students. Credits: 4 LP / 2SWS. |
| Time and location: |
A302, Tuesday 08:30-10:00 |
| First session: |
21. April |
| Office hours/contact: |
Dr. Regula Rupp |
| Obligatory registration by email with matriculation number to: |
Dr. Regula Rupp |
| Maximal number of participants: |
10 |
Outline and scope:
We will read the book "Reconstructing Evolution", edited by Olivier Gascuel and Mike Steel, Oxford University Press, 2007.Each participant of the seminar will give a talk presenting one chapter of the book. Presentations can be given in German or in English.
To sign up for this seminar please send an email to Dr. Regula Rupp
Schedule:
| Title | Speaker |
Date |
|
| 0 | Preliminary discussion | Regula Rupp | 21.4.2008 |
| 1 | Trees of genes in populations | ||
| 2 | The evolutionary analysis of mesurably evolving populations using serially sampled gene sequences | ||
| 3 | Modelling the variability of evolutionary processes | ||
| 4 | Phylogenetic invariants | ||
| 5 | Some models of phylogenetic tree shape | ||
| 6 | Phylogenetic diversity: from combinatorics to ecology | ||
| 7 | Fragmentation of large data sets in phylogenetic analyses | ||
| 8 | Identifying and defining trees | ||
| 9 | Split networks and reticulate networks | ||
| 10 | Hybridization networks |

