Bayesian Inference Presentations

1. Illinois workshop, May 2005, presentation I (Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference Introduction) (PowerPoint presentation, 7.0 MB).
2. Illinois workshop May 2005 presentation II (Bayesian Model Choice) (PowerPoint presentation, 0.1 MB).
3. Illinois workshop May 2005 presentation III (Unusual Character Types: Restriction Sites, Morphology) (PowerPoint presentation, 1.6 MB).
4. Molecular Evolution Workshop, Woods Hole, August 2005 (Introduction to Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and MrBayes) (PowerPoint presentation, 6.4 MB) (pdf, 0.3 MB).
5. CDC Workshop, Atlanta, February 2008 (Introduction to MrBayes) (Powerpoint presentation).

MrBayes Resources

1. MrBayes web site.
2. MrBayes version 3.1 manual (pdf) containing two tutorials that will introduce you to the program
3. MrBayes version 3.1 online html help
4. MrBayes versions 3.1 and 3.2 Wiki manual
5. MrBayes version 3.1 command reference (pdf)
6. MrBayes chapter (pdf) introducing Bayesian phylogenetic inference and describing how to set up a complex partitioned analysis in MrBayes 3
7. Cheat sheet (pdf) describing how to download the source code of the latest version of MrBayes 3.2 from Source Forge and compile it on a Unix machine or a Mac.
8. Windows binary of version 3.2 of MrBayes as of Feb 7, 2008 (zip file and exe file).
9. Manuscript book chapter to appear in Handbook of Phylogenetics (describes version 3.2).

Data Sets

For the tutorials mentioned above you will need the following data sets:
1. For the first tutorial in the manual: primates.nex
2. For the second tutorial in the manual: cynmix.nex
3. For the tutorial in the MrBayes chapter (item 5 above): kim.nex