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| Preparing for the Workshop |
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The Workshop is an intensive course taught at a high level and fast
pace, and thus provides no opportunities for concurrent preparation
and reading. Therefore, it is most helpful to prepare for the Workshop
beforehand. Among the specific steps useful in preparing for the
Workshop include the following.
- Do background reading in molecular evolution and molecular systematics.
In particular it is quite helpful to read references such as Fundamentals
of Molecular Evolution
(Graur and Li 2000),
Molecular Evolution
(Li 1997),
Molecular Evolutionary Genetics
(Nei 1987), phylogenetic inference chapter in Molecular
Systematics
(Swofford et al. 1996),
Molecular Evolution: A Phylogenetic Approach
(Page and Holmes 1998),
and other relevant references.
This web site provides you with information regarding the material covered.
You should review this information to determine areas in which you require more
study before attending the Workshop.
- Become comfortable with Mac OS X, Linux, or UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems. At minimum you will need to know how to log on to a system, move, copy, and delete files, change directories, and use a text editor. Check out the resources section for more information.
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Put together an example data set relevant for your research. While there
will be example data sets provided for the computer demonstrations, having a
data set with which you are familiar will be of help. For those taking the
extended special topics session you will have opportunity to work extensively
with your data. Having the data in good shape (edited and assembled) will help
ensure your time is spend productively and in such a way as to take advantage
of the special resources available at the Workshop.
Lecture notes and associated materials for many of the lectures and demonstrations we also be put on the Web site as they become available.
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