Modeltest 3.7 readme (June 2005)


Updates

The major change in this update is the addition of the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC). Several other minor changes have also been completed.

Executables


Quick instructions

The input of Modeltest is a set of likelihood scores corresponding to the specific data set and each one of 56 models. The easiest way of obtaining these scores from an alignment of DNA sequences is using PAUP*. A block of commands for PAUP* is provided below in the file "modelblockPAUPb10) inside the paupblock folder. Follow these steps:
  1. Open your data file and execute it in PAUP
  2. Open the command file ("modelblockPAUPb10) and execute it
  3. PAUP* starts to work in the data following the commands. Once is finished you will see a file called "model.scores" in the same directory as the command file. It is useful to change the name of this file to "yourdataname.scores".
  4. Run the file "yourdataname.scores" through Modeltest. This is done in a Macintosh just double-clicking in the application provided. However, in PC's you have to run Modeltest through the command prompt (DOS window).
Alternatively, if you are familiar with PAUP*, you can add the PAUP* commands after your data block directly in your data file and execute it.

It is highly recommended to read the documentation!


Disclaimer

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
David (dposada@uvigo.es) June 21, 2005