IQ-TREE 2: New Models and Efficient Methods for Phylogenetic Inference in the Genomic Era
Bùi Quang Minh, Heiko A. Schmidt, Olga Chernomor, Dominik Schrempf, Michael D. Woodhams, Arndt von Haeseler, Robert Lanfear
Abstract
IQ-TREE (http://www.iqtree.org, last accessed February 6, 2020) is a user-friendly and widely used software package for phylogenetic inference using maximum likelihood. Since the release of version 1 in 2014, we have continuously expanded IQ-TREE to integrate a plethora of new models of sequence evolution and efficient computational approaches of phylogenetic inference to deal with genomic data. Here, we describe notable features of IQ-TREE version 2 and highlight the key advantages over other software.
Topics & Concepts
Phylogenetic treeInferenceBiologyTree (set theory)Tree rearrangementSoftwareEvolutionary biologyComputational biologyPhylogenetic networkComputer scienceMachine learningArtificial intelligenceGeneticsGeneMathematicsProgramming languageMathematical analysisGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesGenetic diversity and population structureEvolution and Paleontology Studies