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MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms
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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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Metadata
- Authors
- Kumar, S., Stecher, G., Li, M., Knyaz, C., & Tamura, K.
- Venue
- Molecular Biology and Evolution
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2018-05-02
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1547-1549
- ISSN
- 0737-4038 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-1719
- OpenAlex
- W2799524357
- Cited by
- 37,529
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 1066.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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