Help with construction of phylogenetic tree.

[J.M. Ossewaarde]

Computer programs will not produce correct alignments of 16S sequence data.
You have to align sequences manually. A good place to start is the rRNA WWW
server at http://rrna.uia.ac.be/ . You can download prealigned sequences
from this database.


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Thibaud Le Mouël wrote in message <6h4a91$rs0 at mserv1.dl.ac.uk>...
>>I have two 16S rDNA sequences (complete), which I obtained by
>>sequencing both strands from two isolates. I want to construct a
>>phylogenetic tree by including these 2 sequences and other related
>>sequences.  I don't know if I need to align my sequences MANUALLY with
>>other selected sequences. I don't know why and how to do manual
>>alignment.  Does anyone know any reference on the basics and how to do
>>manual alignment?  Any info will be appreciated.
>>
>>It looks like people use fifferent program to construct such trees.  That
>>means with a same group of sequences, trees with different topologies can
>>be constructed.  I wonder if there is a "standard procedure and program"
>>that can used, at least in publication.
>>
>>
>>Zhongtang Yu
>>Dept. of Mcirobiology, UBC.
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>You can use clustalX.PPC for both alignement and phylogenetic trees.
>
>Thib
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