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Inquiry-based learning of molecular phylogenetics

Reconstructing phylogenies from nucleotide sequences is a challenge for students because it strongly depends on evolutionary models and computer tools that are frequently updated. We present here an inquiry-based course aimed at learning how to trace a phylogeny based on sequences existing in public databases. Computer tools are freely available on the Internet. Student feedback has been more than satisfactory in the six years (2002–2007) when this course was active at the University of Oviedo (Spain).