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.
- RevBayes v1.1.1
- Slack
- Zoom
- BBEdit, Notepad++, Atom, Sublime Text, or any other plain-text editor.
- R and RStudio (highly recommended but not required). We also recommend installing the RevBayes helper packages RevGadgets and convenience.
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
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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
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Week 5 (March 30): Putting it all together
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