Principles of Systematics - Integrative Biology 467

Laboratory Syllabus

Date
Lab
Laboratory Topic
August 27 1 Introduction to the Lab and Student Projects; Nomenclature Assignment
September 3 - Labor Day - No Lab
September 10 2

Characters, Character States and Classifications (Caminalcules and Dendrogrammaceae)
September 17 3 Introduction to MacClade: Phylogeny and Character Evolution, Character Types, Weighting, Tree Statistics
September 24 4

Scheduled Meetings to Discuss Student Projects
October 1 5 Introduction to PAUP* (Parsimony Analysis)
October 8 6 PAUP* cont’d: Consensus Trees, Bootstrapping, Constraints and Stepmatrices
October 15 7 Alignment of Molecular Data and Tree Visualization
October 22 8 Maximum Likelihood and Distance Methods: Using Models in Phylogenetic Inference
October 29 9 Bayesian Analysis: Combining Data in Mixed-Model Analysis
November 5 10 Historical Biogeography and Divergence Time Methods: DIVA and r8s
November 12 11 Comparative Method (Andy Meade); Free Time for Independent Projects
November 19 - Thanksgiving Break - No Lab
November 26 12 Student Presentations I
December 3 13 Student Presentations II



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