Phylogenetics II, WS 2010/2011

Lecture with Exercises (Vorlesung mit Übung):

Instructor: Prof. Dr. Dirk Metzler
EES students who attend this course will practice to apply the methods described below by analysing datasets of Michael Schrödl, Ulrich Schliewen or Michael Balke in the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology.

Note: Attending this part II makes sense only if you have finished part I

Time: EES Block IV from 10.1.2011 to 12.2.2011
Lecture: Each Tuesday and each Thursday from 9 to 11 a.m. in room C00.013
Exercises: Each Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. and on Thursday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in computer room C00.005

Contents

In this second part of the course we will discuss more specific topics like phylogeny estimation with time-calibration (e.g. according to the fossil record) and methods for the reconcilement of gene trees and species trees. Furthermore, we will discuss relaxed molecular-clock models and Brownian-motion models for the evolution of quantitative traits along phylogenetic trees. Another topic are statical sequence-alignment methods that are based on explicit sequence evolution models with insertions and deletions (TKF91, TKF92,...).

Language: English

Announcement in official LMU course overview

web page last updated: Dirk Metzler, October 5, 2010