Abstract
FastTree 2 allows the inference of maximum-likelihood phylogenies for huge alignments. FastTree 2 is freely available at http://www.microbesonline.org/fasttree.
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Computer scienceHeuristicsScalabilityMaximum likelihoodInferencePruningTree (set theory)StatisticsAlgorithmData miningBiologyMathematicsArtificial intelligenceCombinatorics
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Morgan N. Price,
Paramvir Dehal,
Adam P. Arkin
(2010).
FastTree 2 – Approximately Maximum-Likelihood Trees for Large Alignments.
PLoS ONE
, 5
(3)
, e9490-e9490.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009490
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- 10.1371/journal.pone.0009490