Models of Sequence Evolution (Week 7)

Topics

• Review of Poisson processes
• Jukes-Cantor Model
• HKY Model
• GTR Model
• +I (among-site rate variation)
• +G (among-site rate variation)
• Calculating transition probabilities

Reading

• Huelsenbeck chapter on models of sequence evolution
• Yang, Ch. 1
• Yang, Ch. 12.5-12.6 (as needed)