COMET 1.2: CoMET stands for Continuous-character Model Evaluation and Testing and is a module for the Mesquite Project. Give it a tree topology as a starting point and some phenotypic data, CoMET tells you the likelihoods of the data evolving through nine different evolutionary models.

Cost: $0

Open source: yes

URL: http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/eemb/labs/oakley/software/comet.htm

Citations(s) (based on web hits only through time [why]):

Reference(s):

Chunghau Lee, Sigal Blay, Arne O Mooers, Ambuj Singh, and Todd H Oakley 2006 "CoMET: a mesquite package for comparing models of continuous character evolution on phylogenies" Evolutionary Bioinformatics Online 2(): 193-196

Data formats ? :

• NEXUS
• PHYLIP

Tree formats ? :

• newick
• NEXUS
• PHYLIP

Methods ? and character types ? :

• Comparison of 9 macroevolutionary models
  Continuous unbounded

Application kind and platform ? :

• Mesquite module: Mac OS 10.3, Mac OS 10.4, Mac OS 10.5, Windows Vista, Windows XP