Phylogenetics (03-327/727) Home Page - Fall, Mini-2 2012

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Announcements:

Review session:   11:00am - 1pm, Sunday, Dec 16th   WH 5415
This will be a question/answer session, not a formal lecture. Come prepared with questions.

Final Exam:   8:30am - 11:30am, December 17th   WH 5415
This exam is closed book. You may bring two pages (or one page, front and back) of your own notes.



03-727 Class Projects


Administrative Information

Lectures: T,Th 3:00 – 4:20pm, Oct 23th – Dec 6th.
Location: Wean Hall 5415    

Professor: Dannie Durand, durand@cmu.edu, 8-6036
Office hours:     Tuesdays, 4:45pm - 6:15pm,   Mellon Institute 646

Teaching Assistant: Pieter Spealman, pspealman@cmu.edu
Office hours:     Mondays, 4:30pm - 6:30pm,   Doherty Hall 2313

Course Summary

An advanced introduction to theory and practice of phylogenetic analysis (evolutionary tree reconstruction), with a focus on molecular evolution. Students interested in a full semester, advanced course in evolution may wish to take this in conjunction with Evolution of Regulatory Genomics. Students seeking applied phylogenetic analysis skills for a data analysis project may wish to take this as a stand alone mini.

Prequisites: 03-231 or 03-310 or Permission of Instructor

Total units: 03-327: 4.5 units / 03-727: 6 units

Last modified: December 5, 2012.
Maintained by Dannie Durand (durand@cs.cmu.edu).