Phylogenetic Software Package

LVB is a maximum-parsimony (MP) phylogenetic inference tool currently under development by the Barker Lab Group at the University of Edinburgh. LVB utilises a simulated annealing algorithm to aid searches within tree space.

Current Developers:
Joseph Guscott
Daniel Barker

Gettting Started

To checkout the current source code and compile:

git clone https://github.com/phylolvb/lvb
cd lvb/

Complie LVB:

make

Run tests:

make test

If you use LVB, please cite the following paper:

• Barker D (2004) LVB: parsimony and simulated annealing in the search for phylogenetic trees. Bioinformatics, 20, 274-275. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btg402

For further guidance, see the Wiki tab.