Universität Wien

300354 UE Molecular phylogenetics and phylogenomics (2020W)

5.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 10 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

This course is entirely held online.

  • Thursday 05.11. 09:00 - 18:00 Digital
  • Thursday 03.12. 09:00 - 18:00 Digital
  • Thursday 28.01. 09:00 - 18:00 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Evolutionary analyses using free software packages (e.g., PAUP, RAxML, BEAST) with emphasis on phylogeny reconstruction, molecular dating and analysis of phylogenomic data, including coalescent methods.

Assessment and permitted materials

One home exercise per unit, each to be documented in the form of a short and concise protocol. Each protocol can get (on average) maximally 5 points, totaling 40 points for the entire course.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Minimum requirement for positive credit: 20.5 points
(credit key:
0-20 points: 5
20.5-25 points: 4
25.5-30 points: 3
30.5-35 points: 2
35.5-40 points: 1)

Examination topics

Presentation (20%) and practical exercise (80%)

Reading list

http://beast2.org/book.html
https://paup.phylosolutions.com
Lemey P et al. (eds), 2009: The Phylogenetic Handbook, 2nd ed. Cambridge Univ. Press
Yang Z, 2006: Computational Molecular Evolution. Oxford Univ. Press
Felsenstein J, 2004: Inferring Phylogenies. Sinauer

Association in the course directory

MBO 5, MZO 2, M-WZB

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:23