NAME Bio::Phylo v.0.01 - An object-oriented Perl module for analyzing and manipulating phylogenetic trees. DESCRIPTION Phylogenetics is the branch of evolutionary biology that deals with reconstructing and analyzing the tree of life. INSTALLATION This module has two external dependencies: Math::Random, and SVG, which are both available from CPAN. To install this module, run the following commands: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install On Win32, use "nmake" instead of "make": http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q132084 Installs without problems on: - perl, v5.8.4 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread - perl, v5.8.6 built for cygwin-thread-multi-64int - perl, v5.8.0 built for darwin - perl, v5.8.0 built for sun4-solaris - perl, v5.6.1 built for i386-linux - perl, v5.8.1-RC3 built for darwin-thread-multi-2level AUTHOR Rutger Vos, rvosa@sfu.ca BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-phylo@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Phylo. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author would like to thank Jason Stajich for many ideas borrowed from BioPerl (http://www.bioperl.org), and Arne Mooers from the FAB* lab (http://www.sfu.ca/~fabstar) for comments and requests. SEE ALSO The perldoc pages for: - Bio::Phylo - Bio::Phylo::Trees - Bio::Phylo::Trees::Tree - Bio::Phylo::Trees::Node - Bio::Phylo::Taxa - Bio::Phylo::Taxa::Taxon - Bio::Phylo::Matrices - Bio::Phylo::Matrices::Matrix - Bio::Phylo::Matrices::Datum - Bio::Phylo::Parsers - Bio::Phylo::Parsers::Newick - Bio::Phylo::Parsers::Nexus - Bio::Phylo::Parsers::Table - Bio::Phylo::Parsers::Taxlist - Bio::Phylo::Unparsers - Bio::Phylo::Unparsers::Newick - Bio::Phylo::Unparsers::Pagel - Bio::Phylo::Unparsers::Svg - Bio::Phylo::Generator - Bio::Phylo::Listable COPYRIGHT & LICENSE Copyright 2005 Rutger Vos, All Rights Reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.