Module 1.3 – How to read a phylogenetic tree

What to know

This module describes the anatomy of phylogenetic trees and how to interpret them in the context of transmission.

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Module 1.3

Presenter: Michael Weigand, PhD | Bioinformatician, CDC
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Further Reading

  1. How to read a phylogenetic tree.Rambaut (blog). ARTIC Network, 2018.
  2. How to interpret phylogenetic trees.Hodcroft, et al. Nextstrain.org, 2020.
  3. Cryptic transmission revealed by genomic epidemiology.Bedford (blog), 2020.
  4. Genomic epidemiology playbook — a primer on uses and interpretation.Bell. Nextstrain.org.

Additional Resources

  1. Tracking the genomic footprints of SARS-CoV-2 transmission.Lam, et al. Trends Genet, 2020.
  2. Genomic surveillance reveals multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 into Northern California.Deng, et al. Science, 2020.
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