Dear colleagues,
Registration is open for the second edition of the course “Mapping Trait Evolution”, June 4th-8th, 2018.
Instructor: Dr. Jeroen Smaers (Stony Brook University, USA).
PROGRAM:
Monday. (R packages: ape, Geiger).
Morning: Phylogenetic data.
* What is the basic structure of phylogenetic data?
* How to visualize and manipulate phylogenetic data?
Afternoon: Models of evolution.
* What are models of evolution?
* What are the assumptions of the different models of evolution?
* How are models of evolution utilized?
Tuesday. (R packages: ape, nlme, caper, evomap).
Morning: Phylogenetic regression.
* Assumptions, properties, and applications of the phylogenetic regression.
Afternoon: Phylogenetic ancova.
* Testing for grade shifts using the phylogenetic regression.
Wednesday. (R packages: phytools, motmot, geiger, ape, evomap, BayesTraits).
Morning: Ancestral estimation.
* Using models of evolution to estimate values of ancestral nodes.
Afternoon: Analysis of rates of evolution.
* Estimation of rates of evolution.
* Testing hypothesis about rates of evolution.
Thursday. (R packages: bayou, phylolm, surface, OUwie, mvMORPH).
Morning: Inferring the structure of a macroevolutionary landscape.
* Using Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models to map macroevolutionary patterns.
Afternoon: Testing the structure of a macroevolutionary landscape.
* Applications and assumptions of OU models.
* Using OU models to test macroevolutionary hypotheses.
Friday. (R packages: geomorph).
Morning: Modularity and integration.
* What is ‘phylogenetic’ modularity and integration?
* Applications and assumptions.
Afternoon: Case study.
MORE INFO: https://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/evolution/mapping-trait-evolution/
With best regards
Sole
Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno,PhD.
Scientific Director
Transmitting Science
http://www.transmittingscience.org/
