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Advanced Biosystematics, Phylogenetics and Biogeography (Leiden)

 Description of project: 

A training including lectures, computer practicals, literature study and discussion on analytical tools such as data & treebuilding, network reconstruction, parsimony- and model-based phylogenetic reconstruction, tree interpretation, character optimization, super/species trees and orthology/paralogy analysis, molecular evolution, biodiversity assessment, biogeographic analysis, data mining, species distribution modelling, spatial patterns and global change.
Duration of training: 
4 weeks
Training period: 
December
Target Audience: 
for trainees at PhD or Postdoc level Individual training based on face-to-face and group discussions and self-activation in practicals
Practical experiences: 
- Application of various computer programmes and their options - Interpreting the resulting phylogenetic trees and biogeographic hypotheses - data mining and modelling
Lectures: 
- Parsimony - Tree statistics, Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses - Supertree methods - Species and homology hypotheses - Principles of biogeography - Methods for historical biogeographic analysis - Species distribution modelling - Relevance of spatial pattern analysis
Name of mentor / supervisor: 
Peter Hovenkamp, Peter van Welzen
Institution/Organisation: 
Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden branch
EDIT partner number: 
6
Unit/Department/Laboratory: 
Biosystematics / PITA
Address: 
Einsteinweg 2, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands