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We've released Mesquite 3.51 (mesquiteproject.org), containing fixes for some bugs, including one that caused problems in interpretations of bootstrap and similar values attached to nodes in some tree files. Wayne Maddison #mesquiteproject

We've released Zephyr 2.11 (zephyr.mesquiteproject.org) containing some important bug fixes for RAxML CIPRes use, IQ-TREE, and GARLI. #mesquiteproject Wayne Maddison

We've released Mesquite 3.6 (mesquiteproject.org ). It supports Zephyr 3 (zephyr.mesquiteproject.org) with support for SSH-based analyses on remote servers) and Chromaseq 1.5 (chromaseq.mesquiteproject.org) with easier GenBank submissions). Wayne Maddison #mesquiteproject

The Tree of Life Web Project: 25 years online subulatepalpomere.com/2019/11/16/the… #TreeofLife tolweb.org

We've released Zephyr 3.1 (zephyr.mesquiteproject.org) for Mesquite, with numerous bug fixes as well as support for IQ-TREE runs on CIPRes. Wayne Maddison #mesquiteproject #iqtree #CIPRES

The early-access version is available of our paper showing that the amazingly weird bembidiine beetles on the island of St Helena are one endemic clade with an African ancestry. John Sproul #StHelena #Carabidae academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/adv…

Check out our preprint on leveraging signal from #repetitive #DNA in species-level studies. Repeat signatures are stable within, and variable among, closely related #ground #beetle species. I’m proud of this last chapter of my PhD work with David R. Maddison biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Ten years after its discovery, the waterfall beetle Lionepha tuulukwa officially has a name. doi.org/10.1093/zoolin… #carabid

Chromaseq 1.52 for Mesquite has been released; it is now compatible with MacOS X 10.15 (Catalina). #mesquiteproject #chromaseq chromaseq.mesquiteproject.org

Dating during COVID-19: Pam and I haven't seen each other in quite a few weeks, so we decided to recreate our first date over Zoom. We asked the owners of Sybaris to take pictures from the table, and we used those as Zoom backgrounds. sybarisbistro.com

Congratulations, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Our two countries are close friends, partners, and allies. We share a relationship that’s unique on the world stage. I’m really looking forward to working together and building on that with you both.

The Tree of Life Web Project may be nearing the end of its life. The server that it is on will be retired on 31 December, and it is not clear yet whether we have the resources to move it successfully to a new one. #TreeOfLife tolweb.org

At a thrift store I bought some random photos of random people, and snuck one of the photos onto a friend's fridge (yellow arrow) when I visited him. In 2019. It's driving me crazy that he hasn't said anything. What should I do?

We have released version 3.8 of Mesquite, a modular system for evolutionary analysis, now bundled with Zephyr (to run RAxML, IQ-Tree, etc.), Chromaseq, and Cartographer! The basic packages also have a few new features and bug fixes. David R. Maddison mesquiteproject.org

Today we have, at long last, released MacClade's source code. github.com/MesquiteProjec… #MacClade Wayne Maddison

Mesquite 3.4 released, with bug fixes, a few enhancements, and compatibility with Java version 9. mesquiteproject.wikispaces.com Thanks to Daisie Huang for assistance with Java 9 compatibility. David R. Maddison Dr. Daisie I. Huang #MesquiteProject

We’ve established a Facebook group for discussing Mesquite phylogenetic software. Come join! facebook.com/groups/2082595… David R. Maddison #MesquiteProject

We've released Mesquite version 3.5. Bug fixes and workarounds, an offline manual and a new location for the website: mesquiteproject.org. #mesquiteproject David R. Maddison

Zephyr 2.1 (a Mesquite package for interacting with phylogenetic inference program) was released today, providing IQ-TREE support. zephyr.mesquiteproject.org #mesquiteproject #iqtree

A lot of you are using outdated versions of Mesquite, including version 3.04, which is more than 2 years old. Spread the word: please update! The newly released version is 3.5. #mesquiteproject