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FastTree 2 – Approximately Maximum-Likelihood Trees for Large Alignments

PLoS ONE · 2010 · Vol. 5(3) · pp. e9490–e9490
Morgan N. PriceParamvir DehalAdam P. Arkin

Abstract

FastTree 2 allows the inference of maximum-likelihood phylogenies for huge alignments. FastTree 2 is freely available at http://www.microbesonline.org/fasttree.

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsAlgorithms and Data CompressionComputer scienceHeuristicsScalabilityMaximum likelihoodInferencePruningTree (set theory)StatisticsAlgorithmData mining

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AlgorithmsAnimalsComputersData Interpretation, StatisticalGenetic TechniquesHumansModels, GeneticPhylogenyRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSoftwareLikelihood FunctionsSequence AlignmentDatabases, Protein

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  • U.S. Department of Energy
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