EvoLaps

EvoLaps visualizes continuous phylogeographic reconstructions to support interpretation of pathogen spread and evolutionary dynamics.

Key Features:

• Continuous phylogeography visualization: Renders continuous phylogeographic reconstructions for spatially explicit evolutionary inference.
• Latitude/longitude coordinates: Uses latitude and longitude coordinates as input for spatial positioning of samples and ancestral nodes.
• Clustering levels: Applies multiple clustering levels to aggregate locations or genetic lineages at different spatial resolutions.
• Transition diagrams: Produces transition diagrams that summarize state transitions within phylogeographic reconstructions.
• Numerical and graphical integration: Integrates established numerical and graphical methods for combined analysis and visualization.
• Reconstruction editing: Enables editing of continuous phylogeographic reconstructions.

Scientific Applications:

• Pathogen spread analysis: Supports interpretation of spatial and temporal dynamics of pathogen spread and evolution.
• Epidemiological and evolutionary studies: Aids epidemiological investigations and evolutionary studies that require spatially explicit lineage tracking.
• Phylogeographic inference of historical processes: Facilitates study of historical processes affecting species distributions and genetic lineages by combining phylogenetics and geography.

Methodology:

Uses latitude and longitude coordinates and multiple clustering levels to generate and edit continuous phylogeographic reconstructions, and computes transition diagrams while integrating established numerical and graphical methods.