Co-estimation Methods (Part 1)

Previous class check-up

• We studied the theory of coalescent models on trees and on networks
• We studied ASTRAL, BUCKy and the PhyloNetworks pipeline from sequences to species tree/network

Learning objectives

At the end of today’s session, you will be able to

• identify the main parts of co-estimation methods
• follow the BEAST tutorial

Pre-class work

• Optional reading HB 18

Taming the BEAST

GitHub repo

• BEAST intro
• Setting priors
• Troubleshooting

Documentation to learn more in the future:

• First tutorial to run a simple BEAST analysis
• Second tutorial to interpret the results