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PAML 4: Phylogenetic Analysis by Maximum Likelihood

Ziheng Yang

Department of Biology, Galton Laboratory, University College London, London, UK

Address for correspondence: Ziheng Yang, Department of Biology, University College London, Darwin Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, England, Tel: +44 (20) 7679 4379, Fax: +44 (20) 7679 7096, Email: z.yang{at}ucl.ac.uk

Received for publication March 20, 2007. Accepted for publication April 25, 2007.

PAML, currently in version 4, is a package of programs for phylogenetic analyses of DNA and protein sequences using maximum likelihood (ML). The programs may be used to compare and test phylogenetic trees, but their main strengths lie in the rich repertoire of evolutionary models implemented, which can be used to estimate parameters in models of sequence evolution and to test interesting biological hypotheses. Uses of the programs include estimation of synonymous and nonsynonymous rates (dN and dS) between two protein-coding DNA sequences, inference of positive Darwinian selection through phylogenetic comparison of protein-coding genes, reconstruction of ancestral genes and proteins for molecular restoration studies of extinct life forms, combined analysis of heterogeneous data sets from multiple gene loci, and estimation of species divergence times incorporating uncertainties in fossil calibrations. This note discusses some of the major applications of the package, which includes example data sets to demonstrate their use. The package is written in ANSI C, and runs under Windows, Mac OSX, and UNIX systems. It is available at http://abacus.gene.ucl.ac.uk/software/paml.html.

Key Words: codon models • likelihood • PAML • phylogenetic analysis • software


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W. Delport, K. Scheffler, and C. Seoighe
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Brief Bioinform, January 1, 2009; 10(1): 97 - 109.
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M. Aguade
Nucleotide and Copy-Number Polymorphism at the Odorant Receptor Genes Or22a and Or22b in Drosophila melanogaster
Mol. Biol. Evol., January 1, 2009; 26(1): 61 - 70.
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E. Proux, R. A. Studer, S. Moretti, and M. Robinson-Rechavi
Selectome: a database of positive selection
Nucleic Acids Res., January 1, 2009; 37(suppl_1): D404 - D407.
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N. K. Mimouni, R. B. Lyngso, S. Griffiths-Jones, and J. Hein
An Analysis of Structural Influences on Selection in RNA Genes
Mol. Biol. Evol., January 1, 2009; 26(1): 209 - 216.
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A. Stamatakis and M. Ott
Efficient computation of the phylogenetic likelihood function on multi-gene alignments and multi-core architectures
Phil Trans R Soc B, December 27, 2008; 363(1512): 3977 - 3984.
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S. Whelan
The genetic code can cause systematic bias in simple phylogenetic models
Phil Trans R Soc B, December 27, 2008; 363(1512): 4003 - 4011.
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Z. Yang
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Phil Trans R Soc B, December 27, 2008; 363(1512): 4031 - 4039.
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M. Albu, X. J. Min, D. Hickey, and B. Golding
Uncorrected Nucleotide Bias in mtDNA Can Mimic the Effects of Positive Darwinian Selection
Mol. Biol. Evol., December 1, 2008; 25(12): 2521 - 2524.
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M. M. Guisinger, J. V. Kuehl, J. L. Boore, and R. K. Jansen
Genome-wide analyses of Geraniaceae plastid DNA reveal unprecedented patterns of increased nucleotide substitutions
PNAS, November 25, 2008; 105(47): 18424 - 18429.
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H. Bourhy, J.-M. Reynes, E. J. Dunham, L. Dacheux, F. Larrous, V. T. Q. Huong, G. Xu, J. Yan, M. E. G. Miranda, and E. C. Holmes
The origin and phylogeography of dog rabies virus
J. Gen. Virol., November 1, 2008; 89(11): 2673 - 2681.
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P.-A. Christin, N. Salamin, A. M. Muasya, E. H. Roalson, F. Russier, and G. Besnard
Evolutionary Switch and Genetic Convergence on rbcL following the Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis
Mol. Biol. Evol., November 1, 2008; 25(11): 2361 - 2368.
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R. C. Karn, N. L. Clark, E. D. Nguyen, and W. J. Swanson
Adaptive Evolution in Rodent Seminal Vesicle Secretion Proteins
Mol. Biol. Evol., November 1, 2008; 25(11): 2301 - 2310.
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G. Jayawardane, G. C. Russell, J. Thomson, D. Deane, H. Cox, D. Gatherer, M. Ackermann, D. M. Haig, and J. P. Stewart
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J. Gen. Virol., October 1, 2008; 89(10): 2447 - 2455.
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D. C. S. G. Oliveira, R. Raychoudhury, D. V. Lavrov, and J. H. Werren
Rapidly Evolving Mitochondrial Genome and Directional Selection in Mitochondrial Genes in the Parasitic Wasp Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
Mol. Biol. Evol., October 1, 2008; 25(10): 2167 - 2180.
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V. J. Lynch, A. Tanzer, Y. Wang, F. C. Leung, B. Gellersen, D. Emera, and G. P. Wagner
Adaptive changes in the transcription factor HoxA-11 are essential for the evolution of pregnancy in mammals
PNAS, September 30, 2008; 105(39): 14928 - 14933.
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E. Borenstein, M. Kupiec, M. W. Feldman, and E. Ruppin
Large-scale reconstruction and phylogenetic analysis of metabolic environments
PNAS, September 23, 2008; 105(38): 14482 - 14487.
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G. Li, J. Wang, S. J. Rossiter, G. Jones, J. A. Cotton, and S. Zhang
The hearing gene Prestin reunites echolocating bats
PNAS, September 16, 2008; 105(37): 13959 - 13964.
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S. Yokoyama, T. Tada, H. Zhang, and L. Britt
From the Cover: Elucidation of phenotypic adaptations: Molecular analyses of dim-light vision proteins in vertebrates
PNAS, September 9, 2008; 105(36): 13480 - 13485.
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C. Fan, Y. Zhang, Y. Yu, S. Rounsley, M. Long, and R. A. Wing
The Subtelomere of Oryza sativa Chromosome 3 Short Arm as a Hot Bed of New Gene Origination in Rice
Mol Plant, September 1, 2008; 1(5): 839 - 850.
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