Pollock laboratory: PLEX

 

PLEX

Phylogenetics, Likelihood, Evolution, and CompleXity
         
 

Description

 

The PLEX package is designed to perform rapid likelihood analysis on large phylogenies using partial sampling of substitution histories. The basic program is described in A. P. Jason de Koning, Wanjun Gu and David D. Pollock, Molecular Biology and Evolution 2010

       
 

Downloading

 

Code is under continued development, with alpha versions available as a tarball. Current version is 0.81b.

       
 

Manual

 

This is an unfinished experimental alpha pre-release release. Not everything works and the program may be temperamental. Input sequence files must be free of ambiguities and gaps; FASTA format is expected. Further information is available in a ReadMe file.

       
 

Credits

 

Original concept by APJ de Koning and DD Pollock, most programming by APJ de Koning, with early contributions by W Gu and DD Pollock

       
 

References

 
  • A. P. Jason de Koning, Wanjun Gu and David D. Pollock, Molecular Biology and Evolution 2010

       

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Wanjun Gu

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