MEGA, Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis
Encyclopedia
MEGA, Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis, is a freely available software to aid scientists and students in making dendrogram
s, or phylogenetic tree
s using nucleotide or protein sequences. It is developed by Koichiro Tamura from Tokyo Metropolitan University
, Daniel Peterson, Nicholas Peterson
, Glen Stecher, Sudhir Kumar from Arizona State University
, and Masatoshi Nei
from Pennsylvania State University
. The manuscripts describing this resource are among the most highly cited in biology.
Currently MEGA is available in its regular version 5.0.5 and previous versions (4.02, 3.1, DOS) from its homepage.
Dendrogram
A dendrogram is a tree diagram frequently used to illustrate the arrangement of the clusters produced by hierarchical clustering...
s, or phylogenetic tree
Phylogenetic tree
A phylogenetic tree or evolutionary tree is a branching diagram or "tree" showing the inferred evolutionary relationships among various biological species or other entities based upon similarities and differences in their physical and/or genetic characteristics...
s using nucleotide or protein sequences. It is developed by Koichiro Tamura from Tokyo Metropolitan University
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Tokyo Metropolitan University is one of the largest public universities in Japan...
, Daniel Peterson, Nicholas Peterson
Nicholas Peterson
Nicholas Peterson is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts where he developed skills in stop-motion animation. In 1998 Peterson crewed on the first ever stop-motion IMAX film , later nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film...
, Glen Stecher, Sudhir Kumar from Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
, and Masatoshi Nei
Masatoshi Nei
is Evan Pugh Professor of Biology at Pennsylvania State University and Director of the since 1990. He was born in 1931 in Miyazaki Prefecture, on Kyūshū Island, Japan...
from Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
. The manuscripts describing this resource are among the most highly cited in biology.
Currently MEGA is available in its regular version 5.0.5 and previous versions (4.02, 3.1, DOS) from its homepage.
External links
- MEGA discussion forum.
- MEGA, a freely available software
- MEGA website for Japanese users
- MEGA: A biologist-centric software for evolutionary analysis of DNA and protein sequences. (2008) Kumar S, Dudley J, Nei M & Tamura K. Briefings in Bioinformatics Vol.9, pages 299-306 weblink.