SplitsTree is a popular freeware program for inferring phylogenetic trees,

phylogenetic network A phylogenetic network is any graph used to visualize evolutionary relationships (either abstractly or explicitly) between nucleotide sequences, genes, chromosomes, genomes, or species. They are employed when reticulation events such as hybrid ...

s, or, more generally, splits graphs, from various types of data such as a sequence alignment, a

distance matrix In mathematics, computer science and especially graph theory, a distance matrix is a square matrix In mathematics, a square matrix is a matrix with the same number of rows and columns. An ''n''-by-''n'' matrix is known as a square matrix of orde ...

or a set of trees. SplitsTree implements published methods such as split decomposition, neighbor-net, consensus networks, super networks methods or methods for computing hybridization or simple recombination networks. It uses the NEXUS file format. The splits graph is defined using a special data block (SPLITS block). Heterobranchia tree

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SplitsTree homepage
(New Website for informations about SplitsTree)

for the latest version (4.15) and manual (June 2019), hosted by th
Department of Computer Science
at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
Algorithms in Bioinformatics
Daniel Huson's working group developing SplitsTree and other bioinformatics software

hosted at the University of Washington
The Genealogical World of Phylogenetic Networks
provides a wide range of examples for splits graphs, most of which were generated with SplitsTree
Who is Who in Phylogenetic Networks
lists software, researchers and literature dealing with phylogenetic networks Phylogenetics software Molecular biology {{science-software-stub

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