[Biopython] Taxonomic Classification tree

[Fields, Christopher J]

On Feb 9, 2013, at 10:53 PM, Vincent Davis <vincent at vincentdavis.net>
 wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Paulo Nuin <nuin at genedrift.org> wrote:
> 
>> All phylogenetic trees are based on taxa. You might need to be more
>> specific.
> 
> 
> Maybe but Taxonomic Classification is not based on phylogenetics.
> What I have is a list of organisms and their Taxonomic Classification. I
> want to build a tree based on only the Taxonomic Classification.
> 
> Vincent Davis
> 720-301-3003


There's code floating around on the bioperl side for doing this sort of thing, not sure if biopython has anything along these lines (I would be surprised if someone hasn't done this yet, though).

chris