TY - JOUR
T1 - Embracing Green Computing in Molecular Phylogenetics
AU - Kumar, Sudhir
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution.
PY - 2022/3/1
Y1 - 2022/3/1
N2 - Molecular evolutionary analyses require computationally intensive steps such as aligning multiple sequences, optimizing substitution models, inferring evolutionary trees, testing phylogenies by bootstrap analysis, and estimating divergence times. With the rise of large genomic data sets, phylogenomics is imposing a big carbon footprint on the environment with consequences for the planet's health. Electronic waste and energy usage are large environmental issues. Fortunately, innovative methods and heuristics are available to shrink the carbon footprint, presenting researchers with opportunities to lower the environmental costs and greener evolutionary computing. Green computing will also enable greater scientific rigor and encourage broader participation in big data analytics.
AB - Molecular evolutionary analyses require computationally intensive steps such as aligning multiple sequences, optimizing substitution models, inferring evolutionary trees, testing phylogenies by bootstrap analysis, and estimating divergence times. With the rise of large genomic data sets, phylogenomics is imposing a big carbon footprint on the environment with consequences for the planet's health. Electronic waste and energy usage are large environmental issues. Fortunately, innovative methods and heuristics are available to shrink the carbon footprint, presenting researchers with opportunities to lower the environmental costs and greener evolutionary computing. Green computing will also enable greater scientific rigor and encourage broader participation in big data analytics.
KW - Evolution, Molecular
KW - Genome
KW - Genomics
KW - Phylogeny
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125688998&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/molbev/msac043
DO - 10.1093/molbev/msac043
M3 - Article
C2 - 35243506
AN - SCOPUS:85125688998
SN - 0737-4038
VL - 39
JO - Molecular Biology and Evolution
JF - Molecular Biology and Evolution
IS - 3
M1 - msac043
ER -