IcyTree

IcyTree visualizes phylogenetic trees and networks to enable exploration of evolutionary relationships, including ancestral recombination graphs and associated ancestral locations or trait values.

Key Features:

• Client-side execution: Implemented in client-side JavaScript to perform rendering and computation locally without server-side processing.
• Phylogenetic networks: Supports visualization of phylogenetic networks, explicitly including ancestral recombination graphs (ARGs).
• Associated data display: Displays additional information on trees and networks such as ancestral locations and trait values.
• Scalability: Capable of rendering large phylogenetic trees that may include thousands of taxa.

Scientific Applications:

• Evolutionary relationship analysis: Visualizing trees and networks to analyze evolutionary relationships among taxa.
• Recombination studies: Investigating genetic recombination events using ancestral recombination graphs.
• Trait evolution: Exploring the distribution and evolution of trait values across phylogenies.
• Biogeography and ecology: Incorporating ancestral locations to support biogeographical and ecological investigations.

Methodology:

IcyTree renders phylogenetic trees and networks using client-side JavaScript, operates without network access once loaded, and supports visualization of ancestral recombination graphs and associated ancestral locations or trait values.