Evolutionary Biology Resources

This page indexes some working papers and basic resources I've developed while (re)learning about current evolutionary biology.

Computational Issues

• Computational Evolutionary Biology: Introduction and Issues [PDF] -- Working Paper which formed the basis of a seminar given on 26 February 2009
• Programming the Wagner Uppass Algorithm [PDF]
• Javascript demonstration of Fitch & Wagner Parsimony
• Javascript demonstration of finding optimal trees using Fitch & Wagner Parsimony
• Javascript demonstration of finding an evolutionary tree via 'distance clustering'

Other Issues

• On Monophyletic Classification -- sets out formal definitions of terms such as monophyletic, paraphyletic and polyphyletic with illustrations