2  MSc EvoSys Prior Concepts

This is part of the UHH MSc Biology Course EvoSys 2023 (1/11)

These concepts should be understood as a prerequisite for subsequent topics.

• Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Biological species concept, Speciation, Diversification
• Genotype, Phenotype, Traits
• Sanger sequencing, Next-Generation Sequencing
• Phylogenetic tree, Root, Node, Terminal, Branch, Clade, Ingroup, Outgroup
• Monophyly, Paraphyly, Polyphyly
• Variant / Invariant / Informative / Uninformative site (invariant site \(\in\) uninformative but invariant site \(\ne\) uninformative site)