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The following topics were covered in lecture in the Spring 2026 version of EEB 5349 (Phylogenetics). Please refer to the schedule to find links to the slides for the dates indicated.

consensus trees, Jan-22

evolutionary distance, Jan-22

exhaustive search, Jan-22

likelihood criterion, Jan-20

maximum agreement subtree, Jan-22

nearest-neighbor interchange (NNI) branch swapping, Jan-22

newick trees, Jan-20

parsimony criterion, Jan-20

software, PAUP*, Jan-22

splits, Jan-20

reconnection limit, Jan-22

star decomposition, Jan-22

stepwise addition, Jan-22

subtree-pruning-regrafting (SPR) branch swapping, Jan-22

tree islands, Jan-22

tree-bisection-reconnection (TBR) branch swapping, Jan-22

ultrametric, Jan-20