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- What is phylogenetics?
- Why is phylogenetics important?
- What is a phylogeny?
- Major stages in phylogenetic analyses
- Phylogenetics resources at EMBL-EBI
- Discovering the phylogeny of all flowering plants
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- References
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Articles
- Yang, Z & Rannala, B. (2012) Molecular phylogenetics: principles and practice. Nature Reviews Genetics. 13: 303-314.
- Whelan, S., Liò, P. & Goldman, N. (2001) Molecular phylogenetics: state-of-the-art methods for looking into the past. Trends in Genetics. 17: 262–272.
- Jukes TH, Cantor CR. (1969) Evolution of protein molecules In: Munro HN, editor. , editor. Mammalian protein metabolism. 3rd ed.New York: Academic Press; p. 21–132.
Published teaching materials
- Baum D.A., Smith SD., Donovan SS. (2005) Evolution: The tree-thinking challenge. Science 310: 979-980.
- Bauldauf, SL. (2003) Phylogeny for the faint of heart: a tutorial. Trends in Genetics. 19:346-351.
- Gregory, TR. (2008) Understanding Evolutionary Trees. Evolution: Education and Outreach. 1:121-137.
Books
- Computational Molecular Evolution (2006). Ziheng Yang, Oxford University Press.
- Inferring Phylogenies (2003). Joseph Felsenstein, Sinauer.
- Molecular Evolution (1997). Wen-Hsiung Li , Sinauer.
Online resources
- Andrew Rambaut’s “How to read a phylogeny” tutorial
- “Understanding Evolution” tutorials and resources,University of California Museum of Paleontology
- Joe Felsenstein’s comprehensive collection of phylogenetics software