Phylogenetic analyses
- See also this page on the blog with details about phylogenetic analyses
Computer programs
- raxml A tool for Phylogenetic Analysis and Post-Analysis of Large Phylogenies using Maximum Likelihood.
- fasttree A alternative approach to RAxML. Much (much) faster, (marginally) less accurate?
- ape (R package)
- MrBayes A Bayesian approach to phylogenetic analyses. Much (much) slower, more accurate (?), phylogenetics analyses come with estimates of posterior distribution of model parameters.
- SATé - Simultaneous Alignment and Tree Estimation Software package for inferring a sequence alignment and phylogenetic tree. The iterative algorithm involves repeated alignment and tree searching operations. The original data set is divided into smaller subproblems by a tree-based decomposition. These subproblems are aligned and further merged for phylogenetic tree inference.
- Phylip Package of programs for inferring phylogenies.
- Figtree Graphical viewer of phylogenetic trees
- PAML Phylogenetic Analysis by Maximum Likelihood for protein and DNA sequences. Widely used to infer selection in specific species, tree branches, protein sequences (dn/ds).
- Splitstree4 Application for computing unrooted phylogenetic networks from molecular sequence data. The nice GUI makes it a easy option for begineers.