The Supertree Toolkit 2: a new and improved software package with a Graphical User Interface for supertree construction.

ABSTRACT: Building large supertrees involves the collection, storage, and processing of thousands of individual phylogenies to create large phylogenies with thousands to tens of thousands of taxa. Such large phylogenies are useful for macroevolutionary studies, comparative biology and in conservation and biodiversity. No easy to use and fully integrated software package currently exists to carry out this task. Here, we present a new Python-based software package that uses well defined XML schema to manage both data and metadata. It builds on previous versions by 1) including new processing steps, such as Safe Taxonomic Reduction, 2) using a user-friendly GUI that guides the user to complete at least the minimum information required and includes context-sensitive documentation, and 3) a revised stora

SUBMITTER: Hill J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4031428 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature