IQ-TREE 2: New Models and Efficient Methods for Phylogenetic Inference in the Genomic Era

Top Cited Papers
Open Access
Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
IQ-TREE (http://www.iqtree.org, last accessed February 6, 2020) is a user-friendly and widely used software package for phylogenetic inference using maximum likelihood. Since the release of version 1 in 2014, we have continuously expanded IQ-TREE to integrate a plethora of new models of sequence evolution and efficient computational approaches of phylogenetic inference to deal with genomic data. Here, we describe notable features of IQ-TREE version 2 and highlight the key advantages over other software.
Funding Information
  • Austrian Science Fund (I-2805-B29)
  • Australian National University Futures Scheme
  • European Research Council
  • European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (714774)