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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Biological Sciences : Evolutionary Biology

Undergraduate Course: Molecular Phylogenetics (EVBI10003)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Biological Sciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course will introduce modern molecular phylogenetics in the general context of evolutionary genetic analysis. It will discuss problems and opportunities associated with molecular phylogenetics, different evolutionary models for nucleotide sequence data, and phylogeny reconstruction by a range of approaches. The use of phylogenetic approaches in evolutionary genetics studies will be discussed.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
Increased understanding of Biological processes. Detailed learning outcomes will be provided later.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Keywordsebmolph
Contacts
Course organiserProf Andrew Rambaut
Tel: (0131 6)50 8624
Email: a.rambaut@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Rachel Law
Tel: (0131 6)51 3689
Email: Rachel.Law@ed.ac.uk
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