BEAST¶

Description¶

BEAST is a cross-platform program for Bayesian analysis of molecular sequences using MCMC. It is entirely orientated towards rooted, time- measured phylogenies inferred using strict or relaxed molecular clock models. It can be used as a method of reconstructing phylogenies but is also a framework for testing evolutionary hypotheses without conditioning on a single tree topology. BEAST uses MCMC to average over tree space, so that each tree is weighted proportional to its posterior probability. We include a simple to use user-interface program for setting up standard analyses and a suit of programs for analysing the results.

Environment Modules¶

Run module spider beastx to find out what environment modules are available for this application.

Environment Variables¶

HPC_BEASTX_DIR - installation directory
HPC_BEASTX_BIN - executable directory
HPC_BEASTX_DOC - documentation directory

Categories¶

biology, phylogenetics