PATRISTIC: a program for calculating patristic distances and graphically comparing the components of genetic change

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Phylogenies are commonly used to analyse the differences between genes, genomes and species. Patristic distances calculated from tree branch lengths describe the amount of genetic change represented by a tree and are commonly compare...

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Main Authors: Gibbs Mark J, Fourment Mathieu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-01-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/6/1