Overview

Teaching: 180 min
Exercises: 0 min

Questions

• What are different ways in which phylogenetic trees have been scaled to absolute time?

• How does the fossilized birth-death differ from node calibration methods?

Objectives

• Explain the difference between clock models, tree models, and models of sequence evolution.

• Understand what types of data inputs are needed for the various methods.

I think we’re just going to be doing lecture material this week. But if we finish in time, here’s the PDF.

Key Points