NUMBER of ECTS : 3
MODE OF TEACHING : lectures, tutorials, practicals.
Number of hours dedicated to lectures, practicals, tutorials, etc: 18
Description of the course:
General aims: The objective of this course consists in apprehending a number of methods used in phylogenetic analyses in paleontology.
Expected outcomes (knowledge and skills):
By the end of the unit, students are expected to know how:
to use the main softwares (PAST, PAUP, R packages) dedicated to phylogenetic analyses ;
to set up and run phylogenetic analyses of different fossil groups,
to analyse and interpret results of phylogenetic analyses.
Content summary: The course includes the teaching of taxonomic and phylogenetic methods applied in the classification of Life (concepts, principles and methods), including cladistics methods useful to reconstruct the relationships based on inherited characters and phenetic methods to construct “distance” trees based on the overall similarity and understanding “molecular clocks, with the use of computer software (PAUP, PAST, R packages).
Person in charge of the unit : Catherine CRONIER (catherine.cronier@univ-lille.fr)
PREPARATORY READING (NOT COMPULSORY) :
Wiley, E.O., D. Siegel-Causey, D.R. Brooks, and V.A. Funk. 1991. The Compleat Cladist: A primer of phylogeny procedures. University of Kansas Press, Museum of Natural History, Special Publication no. 19. 1–158 pp.
- Učitel: Catherine Cronier