|
| Phylogenetic Systematics and [?] Specific topic to be announced Next time January 2011 |  |
The aim of the course is to teach Ph.D. students the theory and methodology of phylogenetic systematics and alignment. The following subjects will be covered:
| • | Phylogenetic theory |
| • | Characters and character coding |
| • | Tree building techniques |
| • | Tree statistics and tree support |
| • | Character tracing and character manipulation |
| • | Character weighting |
| • | Partitioned versus combined analysis |
| • | Bayesian inference |
| • |
Alignment |
Various tree building programs (e.g., MrBayes, POY, PAUP*, and TNT), programs for manipulating data and trees (e.g., MacClade and Mesquite) will be demonstrated and used. Lectures will alternate with practical exercises.
The course is preferentially for Ph.D. students; hence, biological knowledge corresponding to a M.Sc. is normally required. Admission to the course is highly competitive and approximately 18 students are admitted from a large group of applicants.
Prior knowledge of phylogenetics corresponding to e.g., Schuh, T. 2000. Biological Systematics. Principles and Applications (Cornell University Press), is essential. Recommended reading: Kitching, I. J. et al. 1998. Cladistics. The Theory and Practice of Parsimony Analysis. 2. Ed. (Oxford Science Publications).
There is a tuition fee of 4,000 DKK (525 €), for Ph.D.-students not matriculated at a Danish University.
Duration
Two weeks
Date
Next time 17-28 January 2011
Deadline
To be announced
Location
Department of Biology, Universitetsparken 15, DK - 2100 Copenhagen Ø
Evaluation
Evaluation will be on the basis of active participation, successful completion and presentation of student
projects provided. 10 ECTS.
Teachers
Gitte Petersen, Ole Seberg, Nikolaj Scharff and Thomas Pape from the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen.
Guest teachers
To be announced
Accomodation
Must be arranged on an individual basis, see
www.visitcopenhagen.dk
Contact persons
Ole Seberg, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Sølvgade 83 S, DK-1307 Copenhagen K
Fax: +45 35 32 21 55. E-mail: oles@snm.ku.dk
and
Nikolaj Scharff, Natural History Museum of Denmark, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø
Fax: +45 35 32 10 10. E-mail: nscharff@snm.ku.dk
where further information may also be obtained.
Participants 1995-2007
Click here
   |