[EMBOSS] Tree building

Peter Rice pmr at ebi.ac.uk
Thu Jul 23 10:06:58 EDT 2009


Stephen Taylor wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
>> Stephen Taylor wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> Are there any phylogeny programs in EMBOSS/EMBASSY that will allow me 
>>> to build a tree from a multiple alignment without truncating the id 
>>> name in the resulting treefile?
>>
>> This can be done by adding some new output formats to the existing 
>> phylipnew embassy applications. Phylip truncates id names for its own 
>> formats. We can extend them, and only truncate for strict phylip 
>> format outputs.
>>
>> We are also open to suggestions for new applications in phylogenetics
>>
> 
> Sounds like a good idea.
> 
> However, I kind of need it today:-). I guess I'll have to truncate them 
> to something sensible for the time being...

Can you give some example data and algorithms to make the tree?

Peter



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