General information
Evolution leaves its footprint in the fossil record but also in and living taxa. This signal on the processes of origination of new organisms from ancestral lineages and their extinction can be recovered and depicted in phylogenetic trees.
First, this course will introduce participants to the use, modification and representation of phylogenetic trees. Then, we will focus on the use of phylogenetic information to reconstruct ancestral characters and biogeographic histories, learning how to apply phylogenetic comparative methods.
This course will also tackle trait evolution modelling and the assessment of phylogenetic signal. Finally, we will learn about the shape of phylogenetic trees and its evolutionary causes and how to estimate the rates of diversification throughout the evolutionary history of groups. Participants are encouraged to bring their data sets to use in the practical class.
Important note: Please bear in mind that this course is not about reconstructing (building) phylogenetic trees.
Software: Mesquite, FigTree, BayesTraits (using BayesTraits Wrapper in R), RASP and R (ape, TreeSim, TreePar, Geiger, OUwie, BioGeoBEARS).
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Venue
Els Hostalets de Pierola, Spain
C/ Mestre J. Lladós, nº 1
08781 Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona.
Application
Click here to apply: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/evolution/use-phylogenies-study-macro...
Cost:
<p>Course Fee</p> <ul> <li>Early bird (until June 15th, 2016)</li> <li>470 €</li> <li>Regular (after June 15th, 2016)</li> <li>660 €</li> <li>This includes course material, coffee breaks and lunches</li> </ul> <p>Accommodation Package</p> <ul> <li>Early bird (until June 15th, 2016)</li> <li>360 €</li> <li>Regular (after June 15th, 2016)</li> <li>360 €</li> <li>This includes local transportation, lodging, breakfasts, dinners and social (tourist) activities.</li> </ul> <p>Course Fee + Accommodation Package</p> <ul> <li>Early bird (until June 15th, 2016)</li> <li>830 €</li> <li>Regular (after June 15th, 2016)</li> <li>1,020 €</li> </ul>
Prerequisites:
Requirements
Graduate or postgraduate degree in Biology (including palaeontologists no matter the degree).
Intermediate level of R is required (you are expected to install libraries, manipulate objects -vectors, tables, dataframes-, matching, and the basics of Graphics). If you are not familiar with R we recommend you to sign up for the previous course Introduction to R. Software’s other than R will be explained during the course.
Participants should bring their personal laptop (Windows, Mac, Linux) with this software installed:
- R (http://www.r-project.org) with the following packages installed: ape, TreeSim, TreePar, Geiger, OUwie, BioGeoBEARS.
- FigTree: http://tree.bio.ed.ac.uk/software.
Application Procedure:
Qualification
Credits:
Evolution leaves its footprint in the fossil record but also in and living taxa. This signal on the processes of origination of new organisms from ancestral lineages and their extinction can be recovered and depicted in phylogenetic trees.
First, this course will introduce participants to the use, modification and representation of phylogenetic trees. Then, we will focus on the use of phylogenetic information to reconstruct ancestral characters and biogeographic histories, learning how to apply phylogenetic comparative methods.
This course will also tackle trait evolution modelling and the assessment of phylogenetic signal. Finally, we will learn about the shape of phylogenetic trees and its evolutionary causes and how to estimate the rates of diversification throughout the evolutionary history of groups. Participants are encouraged to bring their data sets to use in the practical class.
Important note: Please bear in mind that this course is not about reconstructing (building) phylogenetic trees.
Software: Mesquite, FigTree, BayesTraits (using BayesTraits Wrapper in R), RASP and R (ape, TreeSim, TreePar, Geiger, OUwie, BioGeoBEARS).
Requirements
Graduate or postgraduate degree in Biology (including palaeontologists no matter the degree).
Intermediate level of R is required (you are expected to install libraries, manipulate objects -vectors, tables, dataframes-, matching, and the basics of Graphics). If you are not familiar with R we recommend you to sign up for the previous course Introduction to R. Software’s other than R will be explained during the course.
Participants should bring their personal laptop (Windows, Mac, Linux) with this software installed:
- R (http://www.r-project.org) with the following packages installed: ape, TreeSim, TreePar, Geiger, OUwie, BioGeoBEARS.
- FigTree: http://tree.bio.ed.ac.uk/software.
