[bionet.general] phylip 3.2 announced

dbd%benden@LANL.GOV (Dan Davison) (07/26/89)

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            PHYLIP - Phylogeny Inference Package (version 3.2)

This is a FREE package of programs for inferring phylogenies and carrying out 
certain related tasks.  At present it contains 29 programs, which carry out 
different algorithms on different kinds of data.  The programs in the package 
are:
      ---------- Programs for molecular sequence data ----------
  PROTPARS  Protein parsimony          DNAPARS  Parsimony method for DNA
  DNAMOVE   Interactive DNA parsimony  DNAPENNY Branch and bound for DNA   
  DNABOOT   Bootstraps DNA parsimony   DNACOMP  Compatibility for DNA
  DNAINVAR  Phylogenetic invariants    DNAML    Maximum Likelihood method
  DNADIST   Makes distance matrix      RESTML   ML for restriction sites data
      ----------- Programs for distance matrix data ------------
  FITCH     Fitch-Margoliash and least-squares methods
  KITSCH    F-M and L-S methods with evolutionary clock
      ------- Programs for gene frequencies and continuous characters -------
  CONTML    Maximum likelihood method  GENDIST  Computes genetic distances
      ----------- Programs for discrete state data ------------
  MIX       Wagner, Camin-Sokal, and mixed parsimony criteria
  MOVE      Interactive Wagner, C-S, mixed parsimony program
  PENNY     Finds all most parsimonious trees by branch-and-bound
  BOOT      Bootstrap confidence interval on mixed parsimony methods
  DOLLOP, DOLMOVE, DOLPENNY, DOLBOOT   same as the preceding four
         programs, but for the Dollo and polymorphism parsimony criteria
  CLIQUE    Compatibility method        FACTOR   recodes multistate characters
      ---------- Programs for plotting trees and consensus trees --------
  PLOTREE, DOTREE   Draw phylogenies on pen plotters, dot-matrix printers
  PLOTGRAM, DOTGRAM  Draw cladograms and phenograms 
  CONSENSE  Majority-rule and strict consensus trees

The package includes extensive documentation files which provide the
information necessary to use and modify the programs.  

COMPATIBILITY:  The programs are written in a very standard subset of Pascal, 
a language that is available on most computers (including microcomputers).  The 
programs require only trivial modifications to run on most machines.  For 
example, they work with only minor modifications with Turbo Pascal, and without 
modification on VAX VMS Pascal.  The Pascal source code is distributed; in the 
regular version of PHYLIP compiled executable code is not.  To use this version 
you must have access to a Pascal compiler.

DISKETTE FORMATS:  The package is distributed on a variety of microcomputer 
diskette formats.  You should send formatted diskettes, which I will return 
with the package written on them.  Unfortunately, I cannot write any Apple 
formats.  The 5-inch formats available include IBM PC/AT 1.2 Mb format, IBM 
PCDOS (MSDOS) 360K double-sided format and a number of CP/M-80 formats
including Kaypro II.  The 3.5-inch double-sided 720K format is also available.
You MUST tell me EXACTLY which of these formats you need.  The diskettes MUST 
be formatted by you before being sent to me.  Send 2 diskettes for PC/AT 1.2 Mb 
format, 7 for the double-sided double-density PCDOS format, and 4 for the
double-sided 3.5-inch formats.  For other formats you need enough diskettes to
hold 2.2 megabytes.  Sending an extra diskette may be helpful.  The programs on 
the magnetic tape version may of course also be moved to microcomputers using a 
terminal program.

PRECOMPILED VERSIONS:  Precompiled executable programs for PCDOS systems,
produced by George D.F. Wilson, are available from me.  Specify the "PCDOS
executable version" and send extra diskettes (one more if 5-inch PC/AT 1.2Mb
format, 4 more if 5-inch PCDOS 360K format, and 2 more if 3-inch 720K format).  
An Apple Macintosh version with pre-compiled code is available from Willem
Ellis, Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoologie, Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit
van Amsterdam, Plantage Middenlaan 64,  1018 DH Amsterdam, Netherlands, who
should be contacted for details.  An Atari ST version is also available.

TAPE DISTRIBUTION:  The programs are also distributed on a magnetic tape 
provided by you (which should be a small tape and need only be able to hold 
two megabytes) in the following format:  9-track, ASCII, odd parity, 
unlabelled, 6250 bpi (unless otherwise indicated).  Logical record: 80-column
card image (80 bytes), physical record: 3200 bytes (i.e. blocking factor 40).
There are a total of 72 files.  The first describes the contents of the 
package. 

NETWORK DISTRIBUTION:  The package is also available by distribution of the 
files directly over BITNET. Keep in mind that this involves sending 72 files 
and 2.2 Megabytes.

POLICIES:  The package is distributed free.  I do not make it available or
support it in South Africa or Namibia.  The package will be written on
the diskettes or tape, which will be mailed back.  They can be sent to:

                                        Joe Felsenstein
                                        Department of Genetics SK-50
                                        University of Washington
Electronic mail addresses:              Seattle, Washington 98195,  U.S.A.
BITNET/EARN:       FELSENST@UWALOCKE
INTERNET/Arpanet:  joe%uw-evolution.UUCP@entropy.ms.washington.edu
UUCP:          ... uw-beaver!uw-entropy!uw-evolution!joe


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