jmodeltest.org: selection of nucleotide substitution models on the cloud.
The selection of models of nucleotide substitution is one of the major steps of modern phylogenetic analysis. Different tools exist to accomplish this task, among which jModelTest 2 (jMT2) is one of the most popular. Still, to deal with large DNA alignments with hundreds or thousands of loci, users of jMT2 need to have access to High Performance Computing clusters, including installation and configuration capabilities, conditions not always met. Here we present jmodeltest.org, a novel web server for the transparent execution of jMT2 across different platforms and for a wide range of users. Its main benefit is straightforward execution, avoiding any configuration/execution issues, and reducing significantly in most cases the time required to complete the analysis.
Department of Electronics and Systems, University of A Coruña, 15071 A Coruña and Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology, University of Vigo, 36201 Vigo, Spain.
Jose Manuel
JM
Santorum
Diego
D
Darriba
Guillermo L
GL
Taboada
David
D
Posada
D016000:Cluster Analysis; D020407:Internet; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012984:Software
D009711:Nucleotides