tvBOT

tvBOT visualizes and annotates phylogenetic trees to support evolutionary and bioinformatics analyses.

Key Features:

• Data-driven engine: Simplifies tree annotations by requiring practical data organized in uniform formats and eliminating redundant style and syntax information saved as a single table file.
• Layer manager: Manages annotation dataset layers and adds layers by selecting columns from corresponding annotation data files.
• Display engine: Updates and renders changes instantaneously.
• Annotation type support: Combination display of 26 different annotation dataset types enabling multiple annotation formats and reuse of phylogenetic data.
• JSON export: Preserves the final drawing state along with all related data for sharing, re-editing, or using as a style template.
• Graphic export: Outputs publication-ready graphic formats.

Scientific Applications:

• Phylogenetic visualization and annotation: Visualization and annotation of phylogenetic trees for evolutionary biology and bioinformatics studies.
• Annotation dataset integration: Preparation, organization, and integration of annotation datasets via single-table formatting and column-based mapping for comparative analyses.
• Reproducible figures and templates: Generation of publication-ready figures and reproducible styles using JSON exports for sharing and re-editing.

Methodology:

Annotation data are organized in uniform single-table files and mapped to tree annotations via a data-driven engine and a layer manager that selects columns from annotation files; a display engine updates and renders changes instantaneously; the system supports combination display of 26 annotation dataset types and exports drawings and related data in JSON and publication-ready graphic formats.