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Phylogeny and Reconstructing Phylogenetic Trees

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Material Type: Simulation
Technical Format: Java Applet
Date Added to MERLOT: May 09, 2002
Date Modified in MERLOT: March 07, 2012
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Author: David E. Joyce Send email to David E. Joyce 
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Clark University
Submitter : Jeff Bell

Description:
A java application that lets you investigate the problem of creating a phylgenetic tree. there is some explanation of the problem of drawing phylogenetic trees and a couple of versions of the applet. The applets let you randomly generate trees and also let you infer a phylogenetic tree with a couple of different methods. Number of species, mutation rate and the method for calculating the distance matrix can all be varied.

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Primary Audience: College General Ed
Mobile Compatibility: Not specified at this time
Technical Requirements: Java

Language: English
Cost Involved: no
Source Code Available: no
Accessiblity Information Available: no
Copyright: yes
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