ggtreeExtra

The software tool 'ggtreeExtra' introduces a versatile package for effectively visualizing diverse data in conjunction with phylogenetic trees. Unlike other tools, 'ggtreeExtra' offers broader support for various data types and visualization techniques. It leverages the grammar of graphics syntax to create highly annotated layers on tree visualizations, facilitating the integration and presentation of evolutionary statistics derived from common software with external data. This package extends the utility of phylogenetic trees across disciplines, enabling the visualization and interpretation of domain-specific data in an evolutionary context. 'ggtreeExtra' emerges as a universal tool for comprehensive tree data visualization, empowering researchers to expand the applications of phylogenetic trees across various scientific fields.

Topic

Phylogenetics;Phylogenomics;Data visualisation;Mapping

Detail

  • Operation: Phylogenetic tree visualisation;Phylogenetic inference;Phylogenetic tree editing;Phylogenetic tree annotation

  • Software interface: Library

  • Language: R

  • License: The GNU General Public License v >=3.0

  • Cost: Free

  • Version name: 1.10.0

  • Credit: National Key R&D Program of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Special Support Plan for Outstanding Talents of Guangdong Province, Startup Fund from Southern Medical University.

  • Input: -

  • Output: -

  • Contact: Shuangbin Xu xshuangbin@163.com

  • Collection: -

  • Maturity: Stable

Publications

  • ggtreeExtra: Compact Visualization of Richly Annotated Phylogenetic Data
  • Xu S, Dai Z, Guo P, Fu X, Liu S, Zhou L, Tang W, Feng T, Chen M, Zhan L, Wu T, Hu E, Jiang Y, Bo X, Yu G. ggtreeExtra: Compact Visualization of Richly Annotated Phylogenetic Data. Mol Biol Evol. 2021 Aug 23;38(9):4039-4042. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msab166. PMID: 34097064; PMCID: PMC8382893.
  • https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab166
  • PMID: 34097064
  • PMC: PMC8382893

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