ChromEvol

Description

chromevol website  

chromEvol is a free, open-source program for analyzing changes in chromosome-number along a phylogeny. Given a phylogeny and chromosome number data, the program infers the location and type of chromosome number transitions along the tree.

Features

• Test hypotheses about chromosome numbe evolution
• Determine ploidy levels for taxa
• Find the chromosome base-number of a phylogeny

Environment Modules

Run module spider chromevol to find out what environment modules are available for this application.

System Variables

• HPC_CHROMEVOL_DIR - installation directory

Citation

If you publish research that uses chromevol you have to cite it as follows:

Mayrose et al, 2010