3.8. Using MrBayes

3.8.1. About

MrBayes is a program used for bayesian inference of phylogeny. MrBayes is cowritten by John Huelsenbeck and Fredrik Ronquist.

3.8.2. Usage

MrBayes uses the NEXUS file format for input. To use MrBayes, just type mb at the command line

[nostromo@rocks-168 mrbayes]$ mb


                               MrBayes v3.1.2

                      (Bayesian Analysis of Phylogeny)

                                     by

                  John P. Huelsenbeck and Fredrik Ronquist

                 Section of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution
                       Division of Biological Sciences
                     University of California, San Diego
                           johnh@biomail.ucsd.edu

                       School of Computational Science
                           Florida State University
                            ronquist@csit.fsu.edu 

              Distributed under the GNU General Public License

               Type "help" or "help <command>" for information
                     on the commands that are available.


MrBayes >

3.8.3. Further Information

A wealth of information about MrBayes is available at the following source - MrBayes Home Page