Topd
Description
TOPD/FMTS is a software for comparing phylogenetic trees. It has been developed to calculate the differences between trees. The software implements several previously described methods and new algorithms for comparing phylogenetic trees. It combines the TOPD program (TOPological Distance), which compares two trees with the same taxa or two pruned trees, and the FMTS program (From Multiple To Single), which converts multi-gene family trees to single-gene trees. This second program is activated automatically only if one or both trees to be compared are multi-gene family trees. Both programs have several parameters that can be modified. The TOPD program compares trees with several methods that this software calls Boot-split distance, Nodal, Split, Quartets & Triplets, and Disagree. Each option of this software is also complemented with a random analysis to test the null hypothesis that any comparison is not better than random.
Environment Modules
Run module spider topd to find out what environment modules are available for this application.
System Variables
- HPC_TOPD_DIR - installation directory
- HPC_TOPD_BIN - executable directory
Additional Information
Run the software or view usage information, respectively, with the following commands:
$ topd [options]
$ topd -h
Examples are provided on the software website. For your convenience and testing, all example data and output are provided in the installation directory.
Citation
If you publish research that uses topd you have to cite it as follows: