Dendroscope3

Dendroscope3 visualizes and computes rooted phylogenetic trees and networks to support analysis of evolutionary relationships and reticulate events such as hybridization and horizontal gene transfer.

Key Features:

• Visualization: Draws rooted phylogenetic trees and rooted phylogenetic networks for graphical analysis.
• Network computation: Computes phylogenetic networks from existing rooted trees.
• Comparison: Compares rooted phylogenetic networks to evaluate alternative network hypotheses.
• Rooted data support: Operates specifically on rooted phylogenetic trees and networks relevant to evolutionary inference.

Scientific Applications:

• Phylogenetic visualization: Produces graphical representations of trees and networks to examine evolutionary relationships.
• Reticulate evolution analysis: Supports study of hybridization and horizontal gene transfer through network representations.
• Network hypothesis testing: Enables comparison of alternative phylogenetic network models derived from rooted trees.
• Evolutionary history reconstruction: Assists in deriving more comprehensive evolutionary histories when bifurcating trees are insufficient.

Methodology:

Draws and compares rooted phylogenetic networks and computes phylogenetic networks from rooted trees.