Phylogenetic trees: visualizing, customizing and detecting incongruence

Geert Trooskens; David De Beule; Frederik Decouttere; Wim Van Criekinge

doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/bti590

Phylogenetic trees: visualizing, customizing and detecting incongruence

Bioinformatics. 2005 Oct 1;21(19):3801-2. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bti590. Epub 2005 Jul 19.

Authors

Geert Trooskens¹, David De Beule, Frederik Decouttere, Wim Van Criekinge

Affiliation

¹ Laboratorium for Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics (BioBix), Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University Ghent, Belgium.

PMID: 16030069
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bti590

Abstract

TreeIllustrator is a user-friendly application to visualize and customize phylogenetic trees. It has a broad range of functions and capabilities, such as dragging of nodes, different tree shapes, zooming and searching capabilities, and support for large trees. It acts as a solution that integrates the specificity of visualizing phylogenetic trees and the customization options of a drawing program. It also contains a simple and effective method that compares a custom tree with the Tree of Life, by detecting incongruence.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Chromosome Mapping / methods*
Computer Graphics*
Documentation / methods*
Models, Genetic*
Phylogeny*
Software*
User-Computer Interface*