Bioinformatics: Introduction to Phylogenetic Tree-Building

PrerequisitesNew

The course will cover, at a basic level, building phylogenetic trees based on molecular sequence data. This will include the general context and uses of tree-building, choosing models of DNA and protein evolution, tree-building methods including distance, parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian MCMC, and confidence in results. Examples will be worked through using MEGA. Further information can be found here.

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Basic computing skills, graduate level in Life Sciences

Number of sessions: 2

• To provide an introduction to Phylogeny and associated software

Presentations, demonstrations and practicals

2

A number of times per year

• Bioinformatics: Molecular Phylogenetics
• Bioinformatics: Interpreting Phylogenies
• Bioinformatics: Multiple Sequence Alignment and Phylogenetics
• Bioinformatics: R for molecular epidemiology of viruses