Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Laboratory
Description
Meets with BIOL 7700. The primary aim of this course is to provide students with a thorough understanding of contemporary phylogenetic analysis. Emphasis is on computer laboratory sessions using modern phylogenetics software. Integral to the computer sessions will be lectures and discussion to insure that the student not only understand the underlying rationale for various methods encountered in the literature, but also to permit independent analyses and interpretation of results using the most appropriate methods.