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Generate phylogenetic trees from molecular sequences using this approachable tool with support for multiple analysis modes and handy functions. #Study phylogenetic tree  #Molecular sequence  #Analyze phylogeny  #Phylogeny  #Phylogenetic tree  #Molecule  

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Designed for experienced users, Treefinder is an advanced software utility desinged to help you create phylogenetic trees from molecular sequences. It contains plenty of analysis modes and other useful tools.

After a brief setup procedure, you are greeted by a plain and simple window that looks outdated, which integrates a design view for the molecular sequences.

You can write text just like in an ordinary word processor or load it from an external file, use a search and replace function, import images, as well as load and run TL scripts. It's possible to zoom in and out of the design or redraw it from scratch.

When it comes to analyzing information, you can propose a model and ask Treefinder to check the base composition, reconstruct the phylogeny, perform a bootstrap analysis or parametric bootstrap test, verify topologies and hypotheses, compute SimIC and sitewise rates, build a consensus or distance tree, as well as calibrate the tree.

Several utilities are put at your disposal, enabling you to view data partitions, transform sequence data, check the name compatibility, generate start trees, join multiple sequence, sample, report or tree files into a single item, compute sample statistics, ML distances or sitewise likehoods, and simulate sequences. Undoing your actions is possible, so you can fix any mistakes.

No error dialogs popped up in our tests, and the software application didn't hang or crash. Its impact on the machine's performance was minimal, thanks to the fact that it needed low CPU and RAM to work properly. On the other hand, Treefinder hasn't been updated for a very long time, and it clearly needs some interface improvements. Nevertheless, it delivers powerful and approachable options for generating phylogenetic trees from molecular sequences.

What's new in Treefinder March 2011:

  • support for multicore processors
  • parallel bootstrapping
  • parallel model selection
  • TL extended for parallel programming
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Treefinder March 2011

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  runs on:
Windows All
  file size:
2 MB
  filename:
tf-march2011-windows.exe
  5 screenshots:
Treefinder - In the main window of Treefinder, you can load a phylogeny structure in order to analyze itTreefinder - You can copy parts of the script, find and replace structures and select the whole text by accessing the Edit menuTreefinder - By accessing the Kernel menu, you have the option to run a TL Script, or you can load one from your computerTreefinder - You can check the base composition, reconstruct phylogeny or build consensus trees by accessing the options in the Analysis menuTreefinder - From the Utilities menu, you can join sequence files, compute sitewise likelihoods or you can stimulate sequences
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