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Phylogenetics Workshop
1 7-19 April 2000
Mary Liz Jameson
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As
part of Team Scarab's NSF-PEET project, Dr. David Maddison visited
the University of Nebraska and presented a short workshop on phylogenetics.
The workshop was held 17-19 April 2000 at the University of Nebraska's
New Media Center. The goal of the workshop was to provide participants
with: 1) experience in the computer programs PAUP and MacClade
and 2) a better understanding of the theoretical foundations of
phylogenetics. Morphological and molecular data sets were discussed.
The workshop included daily lecture and discussion as well as computer
exercises using PAUP and MacClade.
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Workshop
participants gather to record history
(and breathe deeply after five hours on the computers!)
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The
New Media Center at UNL is equipped with 17 Macintosh G4
computer stations and an instructor computer with electronic
projector. Even better, we had treats and coffee at the
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Workshop
Presenter
Dr. David Maddison
Department of Entomology
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721
FAX: (520) 621-1150
PH: (520) 621-9781
Internet:beetle@ag.arizona.edu |
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Dave
Maddison sucking for Bembidion on the shores of
Salt Creek in Nebraska.
Dr.
Maddison is the co-author of the phylogenetics software MacClade and
the accompanying manual on analysis of phylogeny, is an internationally
respected carabid
beetle systematist, is the author of several papers on
phylogenetics theory and practice, is coordinator and editor
for "The Tree of Life",
is an incredible artist (see his carabid beetle illustrations,
and is a member of the editorial board for the journal Biologie und Naturwissenschaft
der Käfer.
The
workshop was a grand success! Dr. Maddison did an outstanding
job of conveying a huge amount of information in a short
period time. All of the participants walked away from the
workshop much more informed about methods and theories in
phylogenetics.
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Dave
Maddison with the
"Fish Lab" participants.
Left to right: Gustavo
Concheiro-Pérez,
Paul Bates,
Dave Maddison,
Guillermo Orti,
Sara Brant,
and Arjun
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Dave
Maddison with Team Scarab. Top row, left to right: Andrew
Smith, Dave Maddison, Gene Hall, Federico Ocampo, Brett Ratcliffe.
Bottom row, left to right: Aura Paucar, Karla Villatoro,
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Participants |
Department/
University |
Organism |
Dr.
Alex Basolo |
UNL
Biology |
Fish |
| Paul
Bates |
UNL
Biology |
Botany |
| Sara
Brant |
UNL
Biology |
Mammals &
Nematodes |
| Chris
Cargill |
Southern
Illinois University |
Botany |
| Gustavo
Concheiro-Perez |
UNL
Biology |
Fish |
| Dr.
Jim Estes |
UNL
Museum |
Botany |
| Dr.
Scott Gardner |
UNL
Museum |
Parasites |
| Gene
Hall |
UNL
Museum |
Beetles |
| Jeff
Huebschman |
UNL
Museum |
Mammals |
| Dr.
Bob Hunt |
UNL
Museum |
Vertebrate
Fossils |
| Dr.
Mary Liz Jameson |
UNL
Museum |
Beetles |
| Dr.
John Janovy |
UNL
Biology |
Parasites |
| Dr.
Don Jensen |
UNL
Psychology |
Animalia |
| Dr.
Juraj Krajcovic |
Comenius
University, Slovak Republic |
Insects |
| Peter
Mullin |
UNL
Biology |
Nematodes |
| Federico
Ocampo |
UNL
Museum |
Beetles |
| Dr.
Guillermo Orti |
UNL
Biology |
Fish |
| Aura
Paucar |
UNL
Museum |
Beetles |
| Dr.
Ken Pruess |
UNL
Entomology |
Insects |
| Dr.
Brett Ratcliffe |
UNL
Museum |
Beetles |
| Agustin
Ruiz |
UNL
Biology |
Parasites |
| Lilian
Saldana |
UNL
Entomology |
Insects |
| Sherry
Self |
Southern
Illinois University |
Botany |
| Arjun
Sivasunder |
UNL
Biology |
Fish |
| Andrew
Smith |
UNL
Museum |
Beetles |
| Karla
Villatoro |
UNL
Museum |
Beetles |
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Web
Sites on Systematics and Phylogeny
Phylogeny
Programs (software resources for use in phylogenetics)
http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip/software.html
Tree
of Life (information about phylogeny and biodiversity)
http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
TreeBASE
(a relational database of phylogenetic information)
http://www.treebase.org/treebase/index.html
Journey
into Phylogenetic Systematics (a primer on cladistics methods,
implications, and uses)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/clad/clad4.html
The Phylogeny
of Life (broad approach to evolution, fossils,
life history,
morphology, and systematics)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/threedomains.html
Concepts
in Phylogeny (Tree of Life Page) (a primer in phylogeny including
a glossary and information about phylogeny and classification)
http://tolweb.org/tree/home.pages/concepts.htm
The
Basics of Cladistic Analysis by Diana Lipscomb
http://www.gwu.edu/%7Eclade/faculty/lipscomb/Cladistics.pdf
The Ultimate
Course on Cladistics (Helsinki, Finland, Sept. 1999)
http://fibre.utu.fi/ucc/
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