TinselR-an R Shiny Application for Annotating Phylogenetic Trees.
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SUBMITTER: Hamlin JAP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8265219 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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tinselR-an R Shiny Application for Annotating Phylogenetic Trees.
Hamlin Jennafer A P JAP Nakov Teofil T Williams-Newkirk Amanda A
Microbiology resource announcements 20210708 27
Public health laboratories obtain whole-genome sequences of pathogens to confirm outbreaks and identify transmission routes. Here, we present tinselR, an open-source and user-friendly application for visualization and annotation of relatedness among pathogens with phylogenetic trees. By combining annotation and phylogenetics, we simplify one critical step in the pathogen analysis workflow. ...[more]
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