Abstract

The Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (Mega) software implements many analytical methods and tools for phylogenomics and phylomedicine. Here, we report a transformation of Mega to enable cross-platform use on Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. Mega X does not require virtualization or emulation software and provides a uniform user experience across platforms. Mega X has additionally been upgraded to use multiple computing cores for many molecular evolutionary analyses. Mega X is available in two interfaces (graphical and command line) and can be downloaded from www.megasoftware.net free of charge.

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Mega-EmulationBiologySoftwareVirtualizationPhylogenomicsOperating systemOS XComputer scienceComputational biologyPhylogenetic treeGeneticsCloud computingClade

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EvolutionMolecularGenetic TechniquesPhylogenySoftware

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Year
2018
Type
article
Volume
35
Issue
6
Pages
1547-1549
Citations
36395
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Sudhir Kumar, Glen Stecher, Michael Li et al. (2018). MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms. Molecular Biology and Evolution , 35 (6) , 1547-1549. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msy096

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10.1093/molbev/msy096
PMID
29722887
PMCID
PMC5967553

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