Modeltest/MrModeltest

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Contents 1 Modeltest 1.1 Running Modeltest 1.2 General description 1.3 Application homepage 1.4 Proper citation 1.5 Input 1.6 Contact persons 1.7 Related software 1.8 Aknowledgements 2 MrModeltest 2.1 Running MrModeltest 2.2 General Information

Modeltest

Running Modeltest

Modeltest can be run through the mailfit.pl script. For more information on how to run it, do

 mailfit.pl -man

General description

MODELTEST is a program for the selection of nucleotide substitution model that best fits the data. The program chooses among 56 models, and implements three different model selection frameworks: hierarchical likelihood ratio tests (hLRTs), Akaike information criterion (AIC), and Bayesian information criterion (BIC). The program also implements the assessment of model uncertainty and tools for model averaging and calculation of parameter importance, using the AIC or the BIC. The model comparisons are done on basis of likelihood scores estimated in the PAUP program.

Application homepage

http://darwin.uvigo.es/software/modeltest.html

Proper citation

Posada D and Crandall KA 1998. Modeltest: testing the model of DNA substitution. Bioinformatics 14 (9): 817-818.

Input

Input file is in the usual Nexus file-format.

Contact persons

David Posada (author): dposada@uvigo.es

Related software

PAUP*(http://paup.csit.fsu.edu/)

MrModeltest (http://www.ebc.uu.se/systzoo/staff/nylander.html).

Aknowledgements

The Modeltest program has been developed by D. Posada and K. A. Crandall

MrModeltest

Running MrModeltest

MrModeltest2 can be run through the mailfit.pl script. For more information on how to run it, do

 mailfit.pl -man

General Information

MrModeltest2 is similar to Modeltest. However it runs a subset of the models available in Modeltest. That is those models appropriate for MrBayes.