Unit 4: Phylogenetic Analysis

Featured Software: PHYLIP

Suggested Reading

Gibas Ch. 2 (computational experiments) pp. 38-44
Gibas Ch. 7 (molecular evolution, etc.) pp. 167-169, 172-182
Gibas Ch. 8 (multiple sequence alignment) pp. 191-205
Web evolution text
PHYLIP documentation

Powerpoint Presentations

Algorithms for Phylogenetic Analysis
Phylogenetics: Computing Evolution

Exercise and Discussion

Building phylogenetic trees: Phylogenetic diversity.

Unit Problem

To be announced.

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