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A Practical Guide to Phylogenetics for Nonexperts
Published on: February 5, 2014
Bayesian phylogenetic and phylodynamic data integration using BEAST 1.10
Marc A Suchard1,2,3, Philippe Lemey4, Guy Baele4
1Department of Biomathematics, David Geffen School of MedicineUniversity of California, Los Angeles, 621 Charles E. Young Dr., South, Los Angeles, CA, 90095 USA.
Abstract:
The Bayesian Evolutionary Analysis by Sampling Trees (BEAST) software package has become a primary tool for Bayesian phylogenetic and phylodynamic inference from genetic sequence data. BEAST unifies molecular phylogenetic reconstruction with complex discrete and continuous trait evolution, divergence-time dating, and coalescent demographic models in an efficient statistical inference engine using Markov chain Monte Carlo integration. A convenient, cross-platform, graphical user interface allows the flexible construction of complex evolutionary analyses.
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