Modeltest-NG

ModelTest-NG on XSEDE

ModelTest-NG determines the best-fit model of evolution for DNA and protein alignments. ModelTest-NG integrates five different model selection strategies: hierarchical and dynamical likelihood ratio tests (hLRT and dLRT), Akaike and Bayesian information criteria (AIC and BIC), and a decision theory method (DT). It can be used to operate statistical selection of best-fit models of nucleotide substitution or amino acid replacement.

The code runs on 24 cores, and supercedes jModelTest2 and Prottest.

Manual for ModelTest-NG

ModelTest-NG Mail list

ModelTest-NG home page

INPUT = dna or protein matrices in aligned fasta format

Simple Example of Run Input/Output

Input File Type File Name
input file ribosomal_l5_pf00673.txt
corresponding tree file ribosomal_l5_pftree.txt
   
Output File Type File Name
log file stdout.txt

Known Issues:

If you use ModelTestNG here, please cite: Darriba D, Posada D, Kozlov AM, Stamatakis A, Morel B, Flouri T. ModelTest-NG: A New and Scalable Tool for the Selection of DNA and Protein Evolutionary Models. Mol Biol Evol. 2020 Jan 1;37(1):291-294. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msz189. PMID: 31432070; PMCID: PMC6984357.

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