[Mesquitelist] Calculating sum of branch lengths for clades

[Michel Laurin]

Dear Jon,

	My Stratigraphic Tools and StratAdds 
compute clade phylogenetic diversity (total path 
length in the clade), and can export phylogenetic 
distance matrices between all pairs of taxa, so 
if you install these (see the Mesquite home 
page), you should be all set. In addition, 
Mesquite itself can now export phylogenetic 
distance matrices (but not phylogenetic 
diversity, I think).

	Best wishes,

	Michel

>Dear all,
>
>I am trying to calculate total branch lengths within different clades 
>in a tree. Preferably also accounting for the number of taxa in each 
>clade. I installed the Tuatara package for Mesquite in order to try 
>the "Total Phylogenetic Diversity" option, but I cannot find or use 
>this option.
>Can anybody help me with this?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Jon
>
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>Jon Bråte
>PhD student
>
>Microbial Evolution Research Group (MERG)
>Department of Biology
>University of Oslo
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