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MCScanX

MCScanX detects syntenic blocks and progressively aligns multiple syntenic blocks against reference genomes. The bundle packages version 1.0.0.

Usage example

The following command can be executed in the terminal to load the bundle:

module load mcscanx

The module makes the following commands available:

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duplicate_gene_classifier
MCScanX
MCScanX_h

The mcscanx_shell command can be used to access a shell in the bundle.

Run pet list -t mcscanx for a list of examples.

Performance notes

No performance notes available

MCScanX should be run on a system with at least 4 GB of RAM and 1 thread.

Benchmarks

No benchmarks available.

Community guides and tutorials

  • No community guides available.

Official site and documentation

Licensing information

MCScanX is licensed under the BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" license.

Primary citation

MCScanX: a toolkit for detection and evolutionary analysis of gene synteny and collinearity Yupeng Wang, Haibao Tang, Jeremy D DeBarry, Xu Tan, Jingping Li, Xiyin Wang, Tae-ho Lee, Huizhe Jin, Barry Marler, Hui Guo, Jessica C Kissinger, Andrew H Paterson doi

External guides and resources

  • If you know of a guide/tutorial that you have found useful, please help us share it by contacting the HPC staff at hpc@ufs.ac.za