<s>
PAUP*	B-Application
(	O
Phylogenetic	O
Analysis	O
Using	O
Parsimony	O
*	O
and	O
other	O
methods	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
computational	O
phylogenetics	O
program	O
for	O
inferring	O
evolutionary	O
trees	O
(	O
phylogenies	O
)	O
,	O
written	O
by	O
David	O
L	O
.	O
Swofford	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
name	O
implies	O
,	O
PAUP	B-Application
only	O
implemented	O
parsimony	O
,	O
but	O
from	O
version	O
4.0	O
(	O
when	O
the	O
program	O
became	O
known	O
as	O
PAUP*	B-Application
)	O
it	O
also	O
supports	O
distance	O
matrix	O
and	O
likelihood	O
methods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.0	O
ran	O
on	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
and	O
supported	O
a	O
rich	O
,	O
user-friendly	O
graphical	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Together	O
with	O
the	O
program	O
MacClade	O
,	O
with	O
which	O
it	O
shares	O
the	O
NEXUS	O
data	O
format	O
,	O
PAUP*	B-Application
was	O
the	O
phylogenetic	O
software	O
of	O
choice	O
for	O
many	O
phylogenetists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
graphical	O
user	O
interface	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
does	O
not	O
support	O
versions	O
of	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
higher	O
than	O
10.14	B-Device
(	O
although	O
a	O
GUI	O
for	O
later	O
versions	O
of	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
is	O
planned	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PAUP*	B-Application
is	O
also	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
plugin	O
for	O
Geneious	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PAUP*	B-Application
,	O
which	O
now	O
sports	O
the	O
self-referential	O
title	O
of	O
PAUP*	B-Application
( *	O
Phylogenetic	O
Analysis	O
Using	O
PAUP	B-Application
)	O
,	O
is	O
undergoing	O
rapid	O
updates	O
and	O
it	O
now	O
includes	O
the	O
"	O
species	O
tree	O
"	O
method	O
SVDquartets	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
parsimony	O
,	O
likelihood	O
,	O
and	O
distance	O
methods	O
for	O
phylogenetics	O
.	O
</s>
