BetaScan 2 – Genome-wide Scan for Balancing Selection using Beta Statistic

BetaScan 2

:: DESCRIPTION

BetaScan is designed to calculate Beta, a summary statistic for the frequency spectrum (similar to Fay and Wu’s H, or Taajima’s D) sensitive to the signature of balancing selection.

::DEVELOPER

Benjamin F. Voight, PhD

:: SCREENSHOTS

N/A

:: REQUIREMENTS

  • Linux / Windows
  • Python

:: DOWNLOAD

BetaScan

:: MORE INFORMATION

Citation:

Siewert KM, Voight BF.
BetaScan2: Standardized Statistics to Detect Balancing Selection Utilizing Substitution Data.
Genome Biol Evol. 2020 Feb 1;12(2):3873-3877. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evaa013. PMID: 32011695; PMCID: PMC7058154.