Phylogenetics Courses and Certifications

Paleontology: Early Vertebrate Evolution

33 reviews

Explore vertebrate origins, evolution of fins, jaws, and tetrapod limbs. Examine key fossil sites and early vertebrate diversity using phylogenetics. Gain insights into major anatomical innovations and ancient aquatic environments.

• Coursera
• 7 hours 3 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Introduction to Genetics and Evolution

32 reviews

This course provides the basic biology you need to understand all of these issues better, tries to clarify some misconceptions, and tries to prepare students for future, more advanced coursework in Biology (and especially evolutionary genetics).

• Coursera
• 1 day 1 hour 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

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Computational Genomics Summer Institute CGSI

Horizontal Gene Transfer Phylogenetics: A Random Walk Approach

Explore horizontal gene transfer phylogenetics using a random walk approach. Discover innovative methods for analyzing evolutionary relationships in the presence of lateral genetic transfer.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Computational Genomics Summer Institute CGSI

Distance-Based Phylogenetics: Past, Present, and Future - CGSI 2022

Explore distance-based phylogenetics' evolution, from theoretical foundations to cutting-edge applications in ecological sample identification and deep learning for phylogenetic placement.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Institut Henri Poincaré

Sequencing Error and Phylogenetics - SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Hospitals

Explore sequencing errors, phylogenetics, and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in hospitals with insights from a Cambridge researcher.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

Phylogenetics: Recovering Evolutionary History - Lecture 1

Explore evolutionary history reconstruction through phylogenetics. Learn techniques for analyzing genetic data to understand species relationships and evolutionary processes over time.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Computational Genomics Summer Institute CGSI

Incomplete Lineage Sorting - Phylogenetics Meets Population Genetics

Explore incomplete lineage sorting where phylogenetics intersects with population genetics, covering multispecies coalescent theory and direct species tree inference methods.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Evolutionary tree of mammals

2 ratings at OpenLearn

Explore mammalian evolution through fossils and DNA, focusing on whale relationships and Darwin's observations on natural groupings.

• OpenLearn
• 5 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

EvoEcoSeminars

Wings, Feathers, Flight - The PhyloG2P Approach to Understanding Bird Biology

Explore bird biology through phylogenetics, focusing on genotype-phenotype connections, regulatory evolution, and flightlessness. Gain insights into feather origins and avian adaptations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Video

International Mathematical Union

Elchanan Mossel: Combinatorial Statistics and the Sciences

Explore combinatorial statistics, broadcasting on trees, and their applications in biology and network analysis, with insights into phylogenetic inference and community detection.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Phylodynamics and Markov Genealogy Processes

Explore phylodynamics and Markov genealogy processes to infer disease transmission from genomic data. Learn about a unified approach using exact likelihood expressions and dynamic genealogy evolution.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Computational Genomics Summer Institute CGSI

Inference from Single Cell Lineage Tracing Data Generated via Genome Editing

Explore single-cell lineage tracing via genome editing, covering inference methods, design parameters, and data analysis for understanding cellular phylodynamics and evolution.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Computational Genomics Summer Institute CGSI

Harnessing Genome Dynamics for Phylogenetic Reconstruction

Explore advanced phylogenetic reconstruction techniques using genome dynamics, including horizontal gene transfer, gene content, and microsynteny-based approaches for prokaryotes and angiosperms.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

VinAI

Learning and Optimization over Abstract Non-Manifold Structures: A Case in Biological Data Analysis

Explore optimization techniques for complex biological data structures, focusing on phylogenetic tree inference using maximum likelihood analysis and smooth optimization methods.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Institut Henri Poincaré

New Methods for Large-Scale Species Tree Estimation Addressing Gene Duplication and Loss

Explore cutting-edge techniques for estimating large-scale species trees, addressing gene duplication and loss challenges in phylogenetics.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video