Dendroscope: An interactive viewer for large phylogenetic trees

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 a...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2007
• Where: BMCBI
• Authors: Daniel H. Huson, Daniel C. Richter, Christian Rausch, Tobias Dezulian, Markus Franz, Regula Rupp
• Keywords: BMCBI 2007, Phylogenetic Trees, Standard Tree Visualizations, Tree Visualizations