[HTML][HTML] Eleven grand challenges in single-cell data science

D Lähnemann, J Köster, E Szczurek, DJ McCarthy… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
The recent boom in microfluidics and combinatorial indexing strategies, combined with low
sequencing costs, has empowered single-cell sequencing technology. Thousands—or even …

Phylogenetic tree building in the genomic age

P Kapli, Z Yang, MJ Telford - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Knowing phylogenetic relationships among species is fundamental for many studies in
biology. An accurate phylogenetic tree underpins our understanding of the major transitions …

IQ-TREE 2: new models and efficient methods for phylogenetic inference in the genomic era

BQ Minh, HA Schmidt, O Chernomor… - Molecular biology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract IQ-TREE (http://www. iqtree. org, last accessed February 6, 2020) is a user-friendly
and widely used software package for phylogenetic inference using maximum likelihood …

ModelTest-NG: a new and scalable tool for the selection of DNA and protein evolutionary models

D Darriba, D Posada, AM Kozlov… - Molecular biology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ModelTest-NG is a reimplementation from scratch of jModelTest and ProtTest, two popular
tools for selecting the best-fit nucleotide and amino acid substitution models, respectively …

RAxML-NG: a fast, scalable and user-friendly tool for maximum likelihood phylogenetic inference

AM Kozlov, D Darriba, T Flouri, B Morel… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Phylogenies are important for fundamental biological research, but also have
numerous applications in biotechnology, agriculture and medicine. Finding the optimal tree …

PartitionFinder 2: new methods for selecting partitioned models of evolution for molecular and morphological phylogenetic analyses

R Lanfear, PB Frandsen, AM Wright… - Molecular biology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
PartitionFinder 2 is a program for automatically selecting best-fit partitioning schemes and
models of evolution for phylogenetic analyses. PartitionFinder 2 is substantially faster and …

W-IQ-TREE: a fast online phylogenetic tool for maximum likelihood analysis

J Trifinopoulos, LT Nguyen… - Nucleic acids …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
This article presents W-IQ-TREE, an intuitive and user-friendly web interface and server for
IQ-TREE, an efficient phylogenetic software for maximum likelihood analysis. W-IQ-TREE …

RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies

A Stamatakis - Bioinformatics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Motivation: Phylogenies are increasingly used in all fields of medical and biological
research. Moreover, because of the next-generation sequencing revolution, datasets used …

Modeling site heterogeneity with posterior mean site frequency profiles accelerates accurate phylogenomic estimation

HC Wang, BQ Minh, E Susko, AJ Roger - Systematic biology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Proteins have distinct structural and functional constraints at different sites that lead to site-
specific preferences for particular amino acid residues as the sequences evolve …

[HTML][HTML] Improved modeling of compositional heterogeneity supports sponges as sister to all other animals

R Feuda, M Dohrmann, W Pett, H Philippe… - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
The relationships at the root of the animal tree have proven difficult to resolve, with the
current debate focusing on whether sponges (phylum Porifera) or comb jellies (phylum …