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Title: Dendroscope: An interactive viewer for large phylogenetic trees
Authors: Huson, D.H 
Richter, D.C
Rausch, C
Dezulian, T
Franz, M
Rupp, R
Keywords: Comprehensive analysis
Expression analysis
Interactive visualizations
Large datasets
Number of trees
Phylogenetic trees
Tree visualization
User friendly program
Bioinformatics
Tools
Visualization
Computer software
article
computer graphics
computer program
computer simulation
human
human computer interaction
information processing
information retrieval
nonhuman
phylogenetic tree
stem taxon
taxonomy
biological model
computer graphics
computer interface
data base
evolution
genetic database
methodology
pedigree
phylogeny
Computer Graphics
Computer Simulation
Database Management Systems
Databases, Genetic
Evolution
Information Storage and Retrieval
Models, Genetic
Pedigree
Phylogeny
Software
User-Computer Interface
Issue Date: 2007
Citation: Huson, D.H, Richter, D.C, Rausch, C, Dezulian, T, Franz, M, Rupp, R (2007). Dendroscope: An interactive viewer for large phylogenetic trees. BMC Bioinformatics 8 : 460. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-8-460
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
Abstract: Background: Research in evolution requires software for visualizing and editing phylogenetic trees, for increasingly very large datasets, such as arise in expression analysis or metagenomics, for example. It would be desirable to have a program that provides these services in an effcient and user-friendly way, and that can be easily installed and run on all major operating systems. Although a large number of tree visualization tools are freely available, some as a part of more comprehensive analysis packages, all have drawbacks in one or more domains. They either lack some of the standard tree visualization techniques or basic graphics and editing features, or they are restricted to small trees containing only tens of thousands of taxa. Moreover, many programs are diffcult to install or are not available for all common operating systems. Results: We have developed a new program, Dendroscope, for the interactive visualization and navigation of phylogenetic trees. The program provides all standard tree visualizations and is optimized to run interactively on trees containing hundreds of thousands of taxa. The program provides tree editing and graphics export capabilities. To support the inspection of large trees, Dendroscope offers a magnification tool. The software is written in Java 1.4 and installers are provided for Linux/Unix, MacOS X and Windows XP. Conclusion: Dendroscope is a user-friendly program for visualizing and navigating phylogenetic trees, for both small and large datasets. © 2007 Huson et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Source Title: BMC Bioinformatics
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/177986
ISSN: 14712105
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-8-460
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
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