Principles of Systematics - Integrative Biology 467

Laboratory Syllabus

Date	Lab	Laboratory Topic
August 24	1	Introduction to the Lab and Student Projects Cover Page Project Description Project Plan Notes on Oral Presentation Student Evaluation Sheets
August 31	2	Characters, Character States and Classifications (Caminalcules and Dendrogrammaceae) Nomenclature Assignment
September 7	-	Labor Day - No Lab
September 14	3	Introduction to MESQUITE: Phylogeny and Character Evolution, Character Types, Weighting, Tree Statistics
September 21	4	Introduction to PAUP* (Parsimony Analysis)
September 28	5	PAUP* cont’d: Consensus Trees, Bootstrapping, Constraints and Stepmatrices
October 5	6	Introduction to Genbank, BLAST, and Geneious for Molecular Data
October 12	7	Alignment of Molecular Data and Tree Visualization
October 19	8	Maximum Likelihood and Distance Methods: Using Models in Phylogenetic Inference
October 26	9	Bayesian Analysis: Combining Data in Mixed Model Analysis (John Huelsenbeck) \| (data)
November 2	10	Historical Biogeography and Divergence Time Methods: DIVA and r8s
November 9	11	Testing for Evolutionary Correlations Among Traits (Alex Wild); Free Time for Independent Projects
November 16	12	Phylogeography: Phylogenetics meets Population Genetics (Jeff Lozier); Free Time for Independent Projects
November 23	-	Thanksgiving Break - No Lab
November 30	13	Student Presentations I (Written Projects Due) [ project example and appendix Oral Presentation Sign-up ]
December 7	14	Student Presentations II

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