protdist
Universal version latest seen at v3.69 · Reported by 1 Mac in the community.
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protdist is a phylogenetic analysis tool from the University of Washington's PHYLIP (Phylogeny Inference Package) suite. It computes evolutionary distances between protein or DNA sequences, making it essential for constructing phylogenetic trees and understanding evolutionary relationships. The program is widely used by molecular biologists, evolutionary researchers, and bioinformaticians who need to infer how organisms or genes diverged from common ancestors. It supports multiple distance models and is typically run from the command line as part of a larger phylogenetic workflow. protdist remains a foundational tool in the PHYLIP package, which has been actively maintained for decades.
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1 suggestionA native Apple Silicon (Universal Binary) build of protdist has been confirmed running on real Macs in the Rosetta Check community. Anyone still running an older Intel-only build under Rosetta should update to the latest version from the PHYLIP project to get the native build, which will run more efficiently on M-series Macs. You can download the current PHYLIP release directly from the University of Washington's official distribution site. Simply replace your existing protdist executable with the native version from the updated package.
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