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CoMap

Description

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CoMap performs the following tasks:

  • Compute probabilistic substitution maps * Test for pairs/groups of sites that do not evolve independently

This module includes 'mica'.

Environment Modules

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

Environment Variables

  • HPC_COMAP_DIR - installation directory
  • HPC_COMAP_BIN - executable directory

Citation

If you publish research that uses comap you have to cite it as follows:

Cite the following article if you use the pairwise method

  • Dutheil, J., Pupko, T., Jean-Marie, A., & Galtier, N. (2005). A model-based approach for detecting coevolving positions in a molecule. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 22(9), 1919–1928. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msi185

Cite the following article if you use the clustering method

Cite the following article if you use the candidate approach method

  • Dutheil, J. Y., Jossinet, F., & Westhof, E. (2010). Base pairing constraints drive structural epistasis in ribosomal RNA sequences. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 27(8), 1868–1876. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msq079

MICA and the new p-value computation algorithm are described in:

  • Dutheil, J. Y. (2012). Detecting coevolving positions in a molecule: Why and how to account for phylogeny. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 13(2), 228–243. https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbr048

Categories

biology, genomics