Archaeopteryx is an interactive
computer software
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program, written in
Java
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, for
viewing, editing, and analyzing
phylogenetic tree
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s. This type of program can be used for a variety of
analyses
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of
molecular data sets, but is particularly designed for
phylogenomics
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.
Besides tree description formats with limited expressiveness (such as Newick/New Hamphshire, Nexus), it also implements the
phyloXML format.
Archaeopteryx is the successor to Java program ''A Tree Viewer'' (ATV).
References
External links
phyloXML
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ttp://www.phylosoft.org/archaeopteryx/ Archaeopteryx
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Phylogenetics software