Root Digger: a root placement program for phylogenetic trees

Abstract Background In phylogenetic analysis, it is common to infer unrooted trees. However, knowing the root location is desirable for downstream analyses and interpretation. There exist several methods to recover a root, such as molecular clock analysis (including midpoint rooting) or rooting the...

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Main Authors: Ben Bettisworth, Alexandros Stamatakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-021-03956-5