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\centerline{\bf STANFORD UNIVERSITY}
\centerline{\bf DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS}
\centerline{\big JOINT STATISTICS/BIOSTATISTICS SEMINAR}
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\centerline{4:15 p.m., Tuesday, March 29, 2004}
\centerline{Sequoia Hall Room 200}
\centerline{(Cookies at 3:45 in 1st Floor Lounge)}

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\centerline{\sl Bernd Sturmfels}
\centerline{\sl UC Berkeley}
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\centerline{\bf Phylogenetic Invariants}
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Abstract:

There has been considerable recent progress in understanding 
the polynomial equations which describe statistical models of 
evolution. We discuss these polynomials and their applications 
for the general Markov model on a tree, and for a class of 
phylogenetic models (Jukes-Cantor, Kimura) which are widely 
used in computational biology. Joint work with Seth Sullivant.




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