MOLECULAR EVOLUTIONARY
GENETICS ANALYSIS
Authors: Koichiro Tamura, Daniel Peterson, Nicholas Peterson, Glen Stecher, Masatoshi Nei and Sudhir Kumar
Version 5.2.1
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Example Data

Here are some example files that you can use to try out MEGA. All files on this page are available in the "Examples" folder installed with MEGA 5.

File Name
Description
Sample trace file in ABI file format.
Protein coding genes from chloroplast genome of nine species.
Human and Chimp contigs for genes/domains tutorial.

Sequences for gene encoding mitochondrial large-subunit ribosomal RNA.
Human mtDNA data from D-loop region.
Sample distance data file generated for six groups using Tamura-Nei model.

Adh sequence data from eleven fruit fly species.
Nucleotide sequences of three human class I HLA-A alleles.
Unaligned HSP20 sequence data for four species.

Genetic distance data from 15 human populations.
A sample tree topology in Newick file format.
http://lifesciences.asu.edu/mep/ Please see this URL for additional example data files. They are from the book Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics (Nei and Kumar).

Click here to visit website for Molecular Evolution and Phylogentics (book). Example files from the book are available there.
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Resources

Book Book Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics (2000)
Introductory book containing many examples for use with MEGA.
Book Book Phylogenetic Trees Made Easy (2011) (2007)
A cookbook for learning phylogenetic analysis using MEGA and other programs.
  A Walk Through MEGA
Step-by-step instructions to learn how to use MEGA.
  Useful Publications
MEGA related publications.
  MEGA Team
Research and development team.
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Using MEGA

  Report a Bug
Help us improve our software by reporting problems you encounter using MEGA.
  Update History
List of major changes with each software release.
  Online Manual
Reference and documentation.
  Example Data
The following data files are provided as downloads for reference purposes.
  Suggestion Box
User feedback plays an important role in the development of MEGA.
  FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
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Citing MEGA in a Publication

Citation for MEGA 5:
Tamura K, Peterson D, Peterson N, Stecher G, Nei M, and Kumar S (2011) MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods. Molecular Biology and Evolution 28: 2731-2739.
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Citation for MEGA-CC:
Kumar S, Stecher G, Peterson D, and Tamura K (2012) MEGA-CC: Computing Core of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Program for Automated and Iterative Data Analysis. Bioinformatics 28:2685-2686.
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Citation for MEGA 4:
Tamura K, Dudley J, Nei M & Kumar S (2007) MEGA4: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (MEGA) software version 4.0. Molecular Biology and Evolution 24: 1596-1599.
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