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IQ-TREE 3: phylogenomic inference software using complex evolutionary models

Thomas K F Wong, Nhan Ly-Trong, Huaiyan Ren et al.
Published: May 1, 2026
Citations: 343
Abstract IQ-TREE (https://iqtree.github.io/) is a widely used open-source software tool for efficiently inferring phylogenetic trees under maximum likelihood. Here, we present IQ-TREE version 3, the third major release of the software. IQ-TREE 3 significantly extends version 2 with new features, including mixture models as an alternative to partitioned models, gene and site concordance factors to quantify discordance between genomic regions, integration with phylogenomic divergence time estimation, and a fully featured sequence simulator. The IQ-TREE 3 source code is available at https://github.com/iqtree/iqtree3.
Bioinformatics
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