CoMET: A Mesquite Package for Comparing Models of Continuous Character Evolution on Phylogenies

CoMET: A Mesquite Package for Comparing Models of Continuous Character Evolution on Phylogenies

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Continuously varying traits such as body size or gene expression level evolve during the history of species or gene lineages. To test hypotheses about the evolution of such traits, the maximum likelihood (ML) method is often used. Here we introduce CoMET (Continuous-character Model Evaluation and Te...

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Main Authors: Chunghau Lee, Sigal Blay, Arne Ø. Mooers, Ambuj Singh, Todd H. Oakley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2006-01-01
Series:Evolutionary Bioinformatics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/117693430600200022
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spelling doaj-a9ee7b65bd524402843a8bdc1bdc1b372020-11-25T03:24:45ZengSAGE PublishingEvolutionary Bioinformatics1176-93432006-01-01210.1177/117693430600200022CoMET: A Mesquite Package for Comparing Models of Continuous Character Evolution on PhylogeniesChunghau Lee0Sigal Blay1Arne Ø. Mooers2Ambuj Singh3Todd H. Oakley4Department of Computer Science; University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA.Department of Biological Sciences and IRMACS, 8888 University Drive, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada.Department of Biological Sciences and IRMACS, 8888 University Drive, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada.Department of Computer Science; University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA.Department of Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA.Continuously varying traits such as body size or gene expression level evolve during the history of species or gene lineages. To test hypotheses about the evolution of such traits, the maximum likelihood (ML) method is often used. Here we introduce CoMET (Continuous-character Model Evaluation and Testing), which is module for Mesquite that automates likelihood computations for nine different models offrait evolution. Due to its few restrictions on input data, CoMET is applicable to testing a wide range of character evolution hypotheses. The CoMET homepage, which links to freely available software and more detailed usage instructions, is located at http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/eemb/labs/oakley/software/comet.htm .https://doi.org/10.1177/117693430600200022
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author Chunghau Lee
Sigal Blay
Arne Ø. Mooers
Ambuj Singh
Todd H. Oakley
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Sigal Blay
Arne Ø. Mooers
Ambuj Singh
Todd H. Oakley
CoMET: A Mesquite Package for Comparing Models of Continuous Character Evolution on Phylogenies
Evolutionary Bioinformatics
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Sigal Blay
Arne Ø. Mooers
Ambuj Singh
Todd H. Oakley
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title CoMET: A Mesquite Package for Comparing Models of Continuous Character Evolution on Phylogenies
title_short CoMET: A Mesquite Package for Comparing Models of Continuous Character Evolution on Phylogenies
title_full CoMET: A Mesquite Package for Comparing Models of Continuous Character Evolution on Phylogenies
title_fullStr CoMET: A Mesquite Package for Comparing Models of Continuous Character Evolution on Phylogenies
title_full_unstemmed CoMET: A Mesquite Package for Comparing Models of Continuous Character Evolution on Phylogenies
title_sort comet: a mesquite package for comparing models of continuous character evolution on phylogenies
publisher SAGE Publishing
series Evolutionary Bioinformatics
issn 1176-9343
publishDate 2006-01-01
description Continuously varying traits such as body size or gene expression level evolve during the history of species or gene lineages. To test hypotheses about the evolution of such traits, the maximum likelihood (ML) method is often used. Here we introduce CoMET (Continuous-character Model Evaluation and Testing), which is module for Mesquite that automates likelihood computations for nine different models offrait evolution. Due to its few restrictions on input data, CoMET is applicable to testing a wide range of character evolution hypotheses. The CoMET homepage, which links to freely available software and more detailed usage instructions, is located at http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/eemb/labs/oakley/software/comet.htm .
url https://doi.org/10.1177/117693430600200022
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