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