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Subject: Re: PHYLIP versus PAUP?
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From: foxik at aol.com (Foxik)
Date: 4 Dec 1997 14:08:36 GMT
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Dr. Felsenstein,
I greatly appreciate your reply to my post. It is a big advantage of this
newsgroup when you questions could be answered by the author of the PHYLIP
himself.=20
<<I think that if the one doesn't make send but the other does, then you ne=
edto
understand unrooted trees and what they mean. >>
Yes, this is exactly the case. I don=92t understand the value of unrooted t=
rees.
I will try to illustrate my point in a separate post with a specific exampl=
e.
Meanwhile I would like to clarify for myself some other issues related to
PHYLIP and PAUP.
1. Do I understand correctly that the weblike tree produced by the DRAWTREE=
of
the PHYLIP is a unique feature of this package and is not available in othe=
r
packages including PAUP*? Actually an unrooted tree produced by DRAWTREE is
very meaningful tree for me. On the other hand, a tree produced from the sa=
me
input file by DRAWGRAM looks very different for me. For the DRAWGRAM to gi=
ve
me a tree topology which I can interpret the same way as in the DRAWTREE tr=
ee I
have to root it at the midpoint.
2. For the bootstrap analysis what is the bootstrap cutoff value for=20
statistically significant and not significant clustering? I saw some author=
s
are using 70%. Is it commonly accepted figure? Exactly what level of
confidence 70% bootstrap value provides?
<<I'll let some experienced PAUP user answer your other question. I am sur=
e
PAUP (and PAUP*) do have bootstrap values available.>>
I have received a private e-mail from the GCG help desk (help at gcg.com)
explaining how I can find bootstrap percentages produced by the PAUP*. In =
the
past I contacted them directly on several occasions and received very valua=
ble
help. I didn=92t realize that PAUP is now fully supported by the GCG.
