BIOSCI 322

Phylogenetics and Coalescence

Evolution of Genes, Populations and Species · Semester 2, 2026 · The University of Auckland

Phylogenetics and Coalescence module

These six lectures form Alexei Drummond's contribution to BIOSCI 322. They open with an overview of what computational evolutionary biology can do, then build from how phylogenies are estimated, through the coalescent and what it reveals about population history, to the relationship between gene trees and species trees.

Lectures: 5–7 and 12–14 August, 9–10am
Lab 2: Thursday 6 August, 2–5pm
Location: Clock Tower T018 (105-018)
Reference: Decoding Genomes (Stadler et al, 2024)
Lecturer: Alexei Drummond (a.drummond@auckland.ac.nz)
Week 1 5–7 August
Wednesday 5 August, 9–10am
Thursday 6 August, 9–10am
Thursday 6 August, 2–5pm
  • Lab 2 Building and Interpreting Phylogenetic Trees
Friday 7 August, 9–10am
Week 2 12–14 August
Wednesday 12 August, 9–10am
Thursday 13 August, 9–10am