beast

Module Name

beast

Last Updated On

08/29/2023

Support Level

Secondary Support

Software Access Level

Open Access

Home Page

http://beast.community/

Software Description

BEAST is a cross-platform program for Bayesian MCMC analysis of molecular sequences. It is entirely orientated towards rooted, time-measured phylogenies inferred using strict or relaxed molecular clock models. It can be used as a method of reconstructing phylogenies but is also a framework for testing evolutionary hypotheses without conditioning on a single tree topology. BEAST uses MCMC to average over tree space, so that each tree is weighted proportional to its posterior probability. We include a simple to use user-interface program for setting up standard analyses and a suit of programs for analysing the results.

Citrix

To run this software under Windows, connect using instructions provided on our Windows systems page .  Once logged in, navigate to:

Start > All Programs > BEAST

General Linux

To load this module for use in a Linux environment, you can run the command:

module load beast

Depending on where you are working, there may be more than one version of beast available. To see which modules are available for loading you can run:

module avail beast

Default

2.5.2

Other Modules

1.10.4, 1.8.1, 2.1.2, 2.5.2, 2.6.4

Default

2.5.2

Other Modules

1.10.4, 1.8.1, 2.1.2, 2.5.2, 2.6.4

Default

2.5.2

Other Modules

1.10.4, 1.8.1, 2.1.2, 2.5.2, 2.6.4