cyberneticlibrary

Analyze phylogenetic tree data

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What it does

Analyze and manipulate phylogenetic trees and sequence alignments

Best for

Comparative genomics and phylogenetic analysis when you need programmatic tree manipulation and statistical summaries.

Inputs
  • · Newick/Nexus tree file
  • · FASTA sequence alignment
  • · tree metadata
Outputs
  • · phylogenetic tree plots
  • · alignment statistics
  • · tree manipulations (prune, root)
Requires
  • · ete3 Python package
  • · optional: graphviz for rendering
Preconditions

Python 3.6+; ete3 installed; tree/alignment files in standard formats

Failure modes

Large trees (1000+ nodes) slow to render; complex metadata requires custom parsing; format validation strict

Trust signals
  • · Newick/Nexus/PhylXML support
  • · Statistical tree operations (LCA, tree distance)
  • · Visualization and export