MCS-255 Mathematics of Phylogenetics
January 2006

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Tentative Schedule Prof. Moira McDermott

Week  Dates 
1 Jan. 3-6   Intro Combinatorics of trees Maximum Parsimony Splits trees
2 Jan. 9-13 Tree Popping, Distance Algorithms, UPGMA Neighbor Joining Neighbor Joining  Research Project Research Project
3 Jan. 16-20 UPGMA and Neighbor Joining in the lab  Intro Probability  Project presentations  Matrix Models  Phylogenetic Distances 
4 Jan. 23-27 Lab (JC, K2)  Maximum likelihood  Lab (HIV Florida dentist)  Consistency  Wrap up 


 
 

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