Dear colleagues,
Registration is open for the third edition of the course “Mapping Trait Evolution”, June 3rd-7th, 2019.
Instructor: Dr. Jeroen Smaers (Stony Brook University, USA) and Carrie Mongle (Stony Brook University, USA).
If you are a PhD student you can APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP: https://www.transmittingscience.org/funding/scholarships-application/
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: http://bit.ly/transmittingscience-mapping-trait-evolution or writing to cour...@transmittingscience.org
With best regards
Sole
Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD
Scientific Director
Transmitting Science
www.transmittingscience.org
