[Biopython-dev] Newick support in Bio.TreeIO?

[Peter]

> The obvious application of this (which I have used personally), was to
> generate bootstrap trees on multiple machines in a cluster (or cores on
> a single machine), e.g. 100 instances each of 10 bootstrap trees, giving
> in total 1000 trees (which are then used either to build a consensus, or
> allocate bootstrap support to the randomised master tree).

I hope it was clear anyway, but that last bit should have read:
... which are then used either to build a consensus [tree], or
allocate bootstrap support to the original *non* randomised
master tree [generated from the original alignment].

Peter