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[Annelida] Course The Use of Phylogenies in the Study of Macroevolution, Sept. 19-23, Barcelona.

Soledad De Esteban Trivigno via annelida%40net.bio.net (by soledad.esteban from transmittingscience.org)
Tue May 17 10:51:27 EST 2016


Dear colleague,

Registration is open for the course "THE USE OF PHYLOGENIES IN THE STUDY OF
MACROEVOLUTION – 4th edition", September 19th – 23rd, 2016.

Instructor: Dr. Juan López Cantalapiedra (Museum für Naturkunde, Germany).

This course is aimed at postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers and
established academics.

First, this course will introduce participants to the use, modification and
representation of phylogenetic trees. Then, we will focus on the use of
phylogenetic information to reconstruct ancestral characters and biogeographic
histories, learning how to apply Phylogenetic Comparative Methods.

This course will also tackle trait evolution modeling and the assessment of
phylogenetic signal. Finally, we will learn about the shape of phylogenetic
trees and its evolutionary causes and how to estimate the rates of
diversification throughout the evolutionary history of groups.

Participants are encouraged to bring their data sets to use in the practical
class.

Important note: Please bear in mind that this course is not about reconstructing
(building) phylogenetic trees.

Software: Mesquite, FigTree, BayesTraits (using BayesTraits Wrapper in R), RASP
and R (ape, TreeSim, TreePar, Geiger, OUwie, BioGeoBEARS).

More information:
http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/evol/phylogeny-and-macroevolution/ or
writing to courses from transmittingscience.org

Place:  Facilities of the CRIP at Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain).

Organized by: Transmitting Science, the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació
Paleontologica and the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont.

Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you
consider it appropriate.

With best regards

Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD.
Scientific Director
Transmitting Science
www.transmittingscience.org


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