Phylommand

Phylommand performs creation, manipulation, and analysis of phylogenetic trees and pairwise sequence alignments for evolutionary biology and ecology research.


Key Features:

  • Integrated programs: A suite of four integrated programs for phylogenetic analysis.
  • Tree and alignment operations: Creation, manipulation, and analysis of phylogenetic trees and pairwise sequence alignments.
  • File format support: Reads and writes Newick, Nexus, Phylip, and Fasta file formats.
  • Configurability: Program behavior can be customized using switches.
  • Scalability: Supports automated processing of large-scale phylogenetic and sequence datasets.

Scientific Applications:

  • Evolutionary biology: Reconstruction and analysis of phylogenetic relationships using tree creation and manipulation.
  • Ecology: Phylogenetic analyses applicable to ecological studies requiring trees and pairwise alignments.
  • Large-scale data analysis: Automated analyses of expanding sequence and phylogenetic datasets.

Methodology:

Provides four integrated programs for the creation, manipulation, and analysis of phylogenetic trees and pairwise alignments; supports Newick, Nexus, Phylip, and Fasta formats; behavior is controlled via switches.

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Details

License:
GPL-3.0
Tool Type:
command-line tool
Operating Systems:
Linux, Windows, Mac
Programming Languages:
C++
Added:
8/22/2018
Last Updated:
12/10/2018

Operations

Publications

Ryberg M. Phylommand - a command line software package for phylogenetics. F1000Research. 2016;5:2903. doi:10.12688/f1000research.10446.1.