CompPhy

CompPhy provides collaborative comparison and analysis of phylogenetic trees to support evolutionary biology and systematics research.

Key Features:

• Collaborative Environment: Supports synchronous and asynchronous manipulation of phylogenetic trees for multi-user collaboration.
• Tree Comparison Tools: Implements consensus and supertree inference and automated branch swaps between compared trees.
• Data Management and Visualization: Enables storage, exchange, tracking of project analyses, and tree edition and visualization.

Scientific Applications:

• Comparative phylogenetics: Facilitates comparison of alternative phylogenetic hypotheses to study evolutionary relationships and biodiversity.
• Collaborative phylogenomic projects: Supports multi-researcher projects requiring shared tree comparison, management, and combined analyses.

Methodology:

Consensus inference, supertree inference, automated branch swaps between compared trees, synchronous and asynchronous tree manipulation, tree edition and visualization, and storage/exchange/tracking of project analyses.