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#459Building Trees - Phylogenetics II
 
Description:
This lecture is part of a five-part series on Phylogenetics presented by the NIAID Bioinformatics and Scientific IT Program. This course will cover:

  • Optimality criterion methods for tree building: Maximum Likelihood
  • Bayesian methods for finding the "best" tree
  • Selection analysis of sequence data using PAML
  • Adding information to your selection analysis: TreeSAAP
  • The MEGA4 package for sequence analysis

Please click on the following links to view and/or register for the other lectures.

Phylogenetics: Introduction and Sequence Assembly

Homology Searching and Sequence Alignment

Annotating Our Sequences

Building Trees - Phylogenetics I




 
Who should attend:
NIH staff who will be performing computer analysis of biological sequence data. Lectures assume no prior experience with specific software packages but you should know your way around a computer. Attendees should be familiar with basic concepts of genetics and evolutionary biology.
 
Instructor(s):
Dr. Kurt Wollenberg, NIAID OCICB Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch (BCBB)
 
Time Required:
2 hours
 
Sections Available:
-- Concluded -- 459-09F November 13 9:00 - 11:00 Building 12A, Room B51
 
NOTE: Although this course has already taken place, we'll put you on a waiting list for the next available session.

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