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Fundamental Algorithms in Bioinformatics

This course covers fundamental algorithms for efficient analysis of biological sequences and for building evolutionary trees. This is an undergraduate course focusing on the ideas and concepts behind ... Read more

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Postscript: Where to go next

Postscript: Where to go next

Some suggestions of where the student can get moreexposure to algorithms for bioinformatics and computational biology.

1 Feb 2010

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Lecture 30: Maximum Parsimony and minimum mutation methods

Lecture 30: Maximum Parsimony and minimum mutation methods

Building evolutionary trees from sequence data. The Maximum Parsimony criteria, the special case of Perfect Phylogeny, a... Read more

31 Jan 2010

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Lecture 29; Additive trees and the Neighbor-Joining algorithm

Lecture 29; Additive trees and the Neighbor-Joining algorithm

Additive trees and their construction. The Neighbor-Joining algorithm and its use with near-additive data. Bootstrap va... Read more

30 Jan 2010

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Lecture 28: Algorithms for Ultrametric trees — molecular clocks

Lecture 28: Algorithms for Ultrametric trees — molecular clocks

Algorithms for constructing an Ultrametric Tree from an Ultrametric Matrix, and the relationship of ultrametrics to the ... Read more

29 Jan 2010

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Lecture 27: Introduction to evolutionary trees - Ultrametric trees

Lecture 27: Introduction to evolutionary trees - Ultrametric trees

lntroduction to trees that represent evolution. We start with the case of perfect data: the Ultrametric tree case.

28 Jan 2010

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Lecture 26: Hidden Markov models - The Backwards algorithm

Lecture 26: Hidden Markov models - The Backwards algorithm

What the Backwards algorithm computes and why we want it.Profile HMMs and their use. Cleaning up some topics in sequence... Read more

27 Jan 2010

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Lecture 25: From the Vitterbi algorithm to the forward algorithm

Lecture 25: From the Vitterbi algorithm to the forward algorithm

This class finishes the discussion of the Vitterbi algorithm, its time analysis and the traceback algorithm. Introductio... Read more

26 Jan 2010

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Lecture 24: Hidden Markov models and the Vitterbi algorithm

Lecture 24: Hidden Markov models and the Vitterbi algorithm

Finish the discussion of HMMs for CpG islands. Introductionto the Vitterbi algorithm (really dynamic programming)to find... Read more

25 Jan 2010

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Lecture 23: Hidden Markov models

Lecture 23: Hidden Markov models

Hidden Markov models to identify CpG islands. Thislecture follows the discussion in Durbin and Eddy.

24 Jan 2010

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Lecture 22: From profiles to Markov models

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