This book serves as a brief introduction to phylogenetic trees and molecular evolution for
biologists and biology students. It does so by presenting the main concepts in a variety of
ways: first visually then in a history next in a dice game and finally in simple equations.
The content is primarily designed to introduce upper-level undergraduate and graduate students
of biology to phylogenetic tree reconstruction and the underlying models of molecular
evolution. A unique feature also of interest to experienced researchers is the emphasis on
simple ways to quantify the uncertainty in the results more fully than is possible with
standard methods.
