Phylogenetic Graphical Models (Week 10)

Topics

• Jukes-Cantor Models
• GTR Models
• Models of rate variation across sites (+G and +I)
• Assessing MCMC convergence

Reading

• Yang, Ch. 8 (all)
• Huelsenbeck et al. 2001. Bayesian inference of phylogeny and its impact on evolutionary biology. Science. 294:2310-2314.
• Hohna et al. 2017. Phylogenetic inference using RevBayes. Curr. Protoc. Bioinform. 57:6.16.1-6.16.34

Homework

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