Syllabus

Required Software

Please install the following software before the workshop begins. Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you encounter problems installing any of this software.

Before the Workshop

If you are not already familiar with RevBayes, you should follow these introductory tutorials:

You should also consider watching Paul Lewis’ excellent Phyloseminar series Phylogenetics 101:

Schedule

Week 1 (March 2): Introductions and orientation

Lecture: Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference

Tutorials:

Week 2 (March 9): Divergence-time estimation: Relaxed clocks

Tutorials:

Week 3 (March 16): Divergence-time estimation: Total-evidence dating and the fossilized birth-death process

Tutorials:

Week 4 (March 23): Morphology and the fossil record

Tutorials:

Week 5 (March 30): Putting it all together

Tutorials: