MEGA :: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis

Publications about MEGA

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 doi: 10.1093/molbev/msr121.

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Kumar S, Dudley J, Nei M & Tamura K (2008) MEGA: a biologist-centric software for evolutionary analysis of DNA and protein sequences. Briefings in Bioinformatics 9: 299-306.

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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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Kumar S, Tamura K & Nei M (2004) MEGA3: Integrated software for Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis and sequence alignment. Briefings in Bioinformatics 5:150-163

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Kumar S, Tamura K, Jakobsen IB & Nei M (2001) MEGA2: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis software. Bioinformatics 17:1244-1245

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Kumar S, Tamura K & Nei M (1994) MEGA: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis software for microcomputers. Computer Applications in Biosciences 10:189-191.

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Books related to MEGA

Nei M & Kumar S (2000) Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics. Oxford University Press, New York (333 pp). [Translated in Russian, Chinese & Japanese]

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Hall B (2007) Phylogenetic Trees Made Easy: A How-To Manual, Third Edition. Sinauer Associates Inc, Sunderland (203 pp).

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Hall B (2011) Phylogenetic Trees Made Easy: A How-To Manual, Fourth Edition. Sinauer Associates Inc, Sunderland.

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Resources

	Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics (2000) Introductory book containing many examples for use with MEGA.
	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.

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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MEGA 2 Downloads:	69,828
MEGA 1 Downloads:	2,929
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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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