** Authors ** Stephane Guindon Department of Statistics. University of Auckland. New Zealand Universite Montpellier II - CNRS UMR 5506. LIRMM. Montpellier France. e-mail : guindon@stat.auckland.ac.nz Olivier Gascuel Universite Montpellier II - CNRS UMR 5506. LIRMM. Montpellier France. e-mail : gascuel@lirmm.fr Jean-Francois Dufayard Universite Montpellier II - CNRS UMR 5506. LIRMM. Montpellier France. e-mail : jeanfrancois.dufayard@gmail.com ** Authors (before 2006)... ** Wim Hodrijk currently working for the 'National Bioinformatics Network'. Cape Town, South Africa e-mail : wim@santafe.edu Franck Lethiec Universite Montpellier II - CNRS UMR 5506. LIRMM. Montpellier France. e-mail : lethiec@lirmm.fr