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Level : Introductory
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Biology
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Language : English
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42 hours in total
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In this course you will learn about how and why DNA and protein sequences evolve. You will learn the theory behind methods for building and analyzing phylogenetic trees, and get hands-on experience with some widely used software packages.
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Module 1: Introduction to evolutionary theory and population genetics: models of growth, selection and mutation
Module 2: Neutral mutations and genetic drift. Tree reconstruction by parsimony
Module 3: Consensus trees. Distance matrix methods
Module 4: Models of sequence evolution. Likelihood methods
Module 5: Bayesian inference of phylogeny
Module 6: Testing hypotheses in a phylogenetic context
Module 2: Neutral mutations and genetic drift. Tree reconstruction by parsimony
Module 3: Consensus trees. Distance matrix methods
Module 4: Models of sequence evolution. Likelihood methods
Module 5: Bayesian inference of phylogeny
Module 6: Testing hypotheses in a phylogenetic context
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- Anders Pedersen - DTU Systems Biology
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