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  1. BEAST Software - Bayesian Evolutionary Analysis Sampling Trees

    Mar 8, 2026 · What is BEAST? BEAST is a cross-platform program for Bayesian analysis of molecular sequences using MCMC. It is entirely orientated towards rooted, time-measured phylogenies inferred …

  2. First Tutorial | BEAST Documentation

    Running BEAST for the first time This tutorial will guide you through running BEAST and some of its accessory programs to do a simple phylogenetic analysis. If you haven’t already, download and …

  3. FigTree | BEAST Documentation

    FigTree is a program for viewing trees, including summary information produced by TreeAnnotator, and producing publication quality figures.

  4. BEAST X (v10.5.0-beta5) released | BEAST Documentation

    Jul 9, 2024 · BEAST X is the new name for BEAST v1 project and the first release version of this is v10.5.0 which supersedes v1.10.4 in the old version system. From now on we will use the full major, …

  5. Markov Jumps and Rewards | BEAST Documentation

    This realisation includes all the transitions (Markov jumps) between states along phylogenetic branches and the time (Markov rewards) spent in the states between two transitions. This tutorial discusses …

  6. BEAUti & The BEAST | BEAST Documentation

    The BEAUti & The BEAST software package Bayesian Evolutionary Analysis Utility (BEAUti) BEAUti is a graphical user-interface (GUI) application for generating BEAST XML files. It is distributed in the …

  7. Downloading and installing BEAST on Windows | BEAST Documentation

    Downloading and installing BEAST on Windows BEAST is a software package for phylogenetic analysis with an emphasis on time-scaled trees.

  8. How to create custom substitution models | BEAST Documentation

    Custom substitution models BEAUti provides a fairly standard selection of substitution models, but BEAST can deal with a wide range of possible models through XML specification. This can be done …

  9. Downloading and installing BEAST on UNIX/Linux

    Downloading and installing BEAST on UNIX/Linux BEAST is a software package for phylogenetic analysis with an emphasis on time-scaled trees.

  10. BEAST XML Reference

    BEAST XML Elements The following is a list of valid elements in a beast file.