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ModelFinder: fast model selection for accurate phylogenetic estimates

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Kalyaanamoorthy, Subha, Minh, Bui Quang, Wong, Thomas K F, von Haeseler, Arndt, Jermiin, Lars S·2017·Nature Methods

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Model-based molecular phylogenetics plays an important role in comparisons of genomic data, and model selection is a key step in all such analyses. We present ModelFinder, a fast model-selection method that greatly improves the accuracy of phylogenetic estimates by incorporating a model of rate heterogeneity across sites not previously considered in this context and by allowing concurrent searches of model space and tree space.

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  • The K2P + R2 model was selected by ModelFinder before computing the tree.

    “The K2P + R2 model was selected by ModelFinder before computing the tree [64].”
  • Best-fit partitions and substitution models were inferred with ModelFinder as implemented in IQ-TREE 1.6.12 with 20% relaxed clustering.

    “Best-fit partitions and substitution models were inferred with ModelFinder 12 , as implemented in IQ-TREE 1.6.12 2 , with 20% relaxed clustering”
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    “SARS-CoV-2 vaccines have recently been licensed that target the spike (S) protein, either using mRNA or adenovirus vector technology with protection rates ranging from 62 to 95%9–11.”
  • The high performance of IQ-TREE results from the efficient integration of novel phylogenetic methods that improve the three key steps in phylogenetic analysis: fast model selection via ModelFinder, an effective tree search algorithm, and a novel ultrafast bootstrap approximation.

    “The high performance of IQ-TREE results from the efficient integration of novel phylogenetic methods that improve the three key steps in phylogenetic analysis: fast model selection via ModelFinder (Kalyaanamoorthy et al. 2017), an effective tree search algorithm (Nguyen et al. 2015), and a novel ultrafast bootstrap approximation (Minh et al. 2013; Hoang et al. 2018).”

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Authors
Kalyaanamoorthy, S., Minh, B. Q., Wong, T. K. F., von Haeseler, A., & Jermiin, L. S.
Affiliations
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU)
  • Australian National University (AU)
Corresponding author
Jermiin, Lars S
Venue
Nature Methods
Published
2017-05-08
Volume
14
Issue
6
Pages
587-589
ISSN
  • 1548-7091 (ISSN-L)
  • 1548-7105
OpenAlex
W2614081736
Cited by
18,449
References
38
Citations by year
2026: 3177 · 2025: 3301 · 2024: 3175 · 2023: 2566 · 2022: 2243 · 2021: 1842 · 2020: 1156 · 2019: 672 · 2018: 271 · 2017: 34 · 2012: 2
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238.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature Methods (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
Keywords
model selection, phylogenetic inference, site rate heterogeneity, substitution models, model space search
MeSH terms
Algorithms, Animals, Chromosome Mapping, Computer Simulation, Humans, Models, Genetic, Phylogeny, Sensitivity and Specificity, Reproducibility of Results, Models, Statistical, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Evolution, Molecular, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing

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