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ClockstaR: choosing the number of relaxed-clock models in molecular phylogenetic analysis.

Authors :
DuchĂȘne S
Molak M
Ho SY
Source :
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) [Bioinformatics] 2014 Apr 01; Vol. 30 (7), pp. 1017-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Nov 14.
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

Summary: Relaxed molecular clocks allow the phylogenetic estimation of evolutionary timescales even when substitution rates vary among branches. In analyses of large multigene datasets, it is often appropriate to use multiple relaxed-clock models to accommodate differing patterns of rate variation among genes. We present ClockstaR, a method for selecting the number of relaxed clocks for multigene datasets.<br />Availability: ClockstaR is freely available for download at http://sydney.edu.au/science/biology/meep/software/.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1367-4811
Volume :
30
Issue :
7
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
24234002
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btt665