wolfPAC: building a high-performance distributed computing network for phylogenetic analysis using 'obsolete' computational resources.
wolfPAC is an AppleScript-based software package that facilitates the use of numerous, remotely located Macintosh computers to perform computationally-intensive phylogenetic analyses using the popular application PAUP* (Phylogenetic Analysis Using Parsimony). It has been designed to utilise readily available, inexpensive processors and to encourage sharing of computational resources within the worldwide phylogenetics community.
Reeves
Patrick A
PA
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA.
Friedman
Philip H
PH
Richards
Christopher M
CM
D000465:Algorithms; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D010802:Phylogeny; D016415:Sequence Alignment / Q000379:methods*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D018511:Systems Integration