title: PAL: an object-oriented programming library for molecular evolution and phylogenetics.
abstract: Phylogenetic Analysis Library (PAL) is a collection of Java classes for use in molecular evolution and phylogenetics. PAL provides a modular environment for the rapid construction of both special-purpose and general analysis programs. PAL version 1.1 consists of 145 public classes or interfaces in 13 packages, including classes for models of character evolution, maximum-likelihood estimation, and the coalescent, with a total of more than 27000 lines of code. The PAL project is set up as a collaborative project to facilitate contributions from other researchers. AVAILIABILTY: The program is free and is available at http://www.pal-project.org. It requires Java 1.1 or later. PAL is licensed under the GNU General Public License.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, 3A Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand. a.drummond@auckland.ac.nz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Drummond
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Strimmer
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D010802:Phylogeny; D012984:Software