MCS-255 Mathematics of Phylogenetics
January 2006

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Week Date Assignment Due
1 Jan. 3 Read Chapter 1 and 2 of Allman/Rhodes notes  Jan. 4 
  Jan. 4 Read Chapter 3. Do 1-3 in 2.6.  Jan. 5 
  Jan. 5 Read Chapter 4. Do 3.8 1,2,3,4,9,11, 12*, 14*  Jan. 6 
  Jan. 6 Read 5 intro, 5.1, 5.2. Do 4.5 6,7. Lab 1  Jan. 10 
Jan. 9 Read the rest of Ch. 5. Do 5.5 2,5,14  Jan. 11 
  Jan. 10    
  Jan. 11 Try 5.5 25 (NJ slides from class) (pdf Jan. 16 
  Jan. 12 Work on research project  Jan. 18 
  Jan. 13 Work on research project  Jan. 18 
Jan. 16 Finish Lab 2, read Intro to Probability (AR handout)  Jan. 17 
  Jan. 17    
  Jan. 18 Read 6.1, 6.2 in coursepack. Read 4.4 Matrix Models (AR handout). Do 4.2.4, 4.2.5, 4.3.1 (AR handout)  Jan. 19 
  Jan. 19 Read 4.5 Phylogenetic Distances (AR handout) Do 6.5 1,2,3,4 (notes)  Jan. 20 
  Jan. 20 Do 4.3.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3 (AR handout)  Jan. 23 
Jan. 23 Read Ch. 8 in notes  Jan. 24 
  Jan. 24 Redo all problems that got 0, 1, or 1.5 from last assignment.
Do 8.4.1 (Example 1 only), 8.4.2 m=Np n-m=N(1-p), 8.4.3, 8.4.5. Read Chapter 9.  
Jan. 25 
  Jan. 25 Read Ch. 10.  Jan. 27 
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