BEAST: Bayesian evolutionary analysis by sampling trees.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The evolutionary analysis of molecular sequence variation is a statistical enterprise. This is reflected in the increased use of probabilistic models for phylogenetic inference, multiple sequence alignment, and molecular population genetics. Here we present BEAST: a fast, flexible software architecture for Bayesian analysis of molecular sequences related by an evolutionary tree. A large number of popular stochastic models of sequence evolution are provided and tree-based models suitable for both within- and between-species sequence data are implemented.

Results

BEAST version 1.4.6 consists of 81000 lines of Java source code, 779 classes and 81 packages. It provides models for DNA and protein sequence evolution, highly parametric coalescent analysis, relaxed clock

SUBMITTER: Drummond AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2247476 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature