MP-EST

MP-EST is a software tool for estimating a species tree from a set of rooted binary gene trees. The MP-EST algorithm uses the pseudo-likelihood method and has functions to collapse short internal branches, compute triple frequencies of gene trees, and output a set of triples decomposed from each tree.

Topic

Phylogenetics;Molecular genetics;Statistics and probability

Detail

  • Operation: Phylogenetic tree generation

  • Software interface: Command-line user interface

  • Language: C

  • License: GNU General Public License v3.0

  • Cost: Free

  • Version name: -

  • Credit: National Science Foundation (NSF)

  • Input: -

  • Output: -

  • Contact: Liang Liu lliu@desu.edu, Lili Yu lyu@georgiasouthern.edu, Scott V Edwards sedwards@fas.harvard.edu

  • Collection: --

  • Maturity: Stable

Publications

  • A maximum pseudo-likelihood approach for estimating species trees under the coalescent model.
  • Liu L, Yu L, Edwards SV (2010). A maximum pseudo-likelihood approach for estimating species trees under the coalescent model. BMC Evol Biol 10: 302.
  • https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-302
  • PMID: 20937096
  • PMC: PMC2976751

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