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Today's research into genetics is rewriting both
the history and the classification of plants. The higher taxonomic ranks
of class, order, family and tribe are losing their centuries old meaning as we
learn more about the history of the tree of life.
Phylogeny is the evolutionary development
of a species. Caldistics is the
classification of organisms based on their phylogenetic relationships.
Here are some of the important research tools used for investigating plant
genetics.
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Aster novi-belgii
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TreeView
| Freeware |
Windows 3.1/95/NT
Linux
Mac 7.1 |
| Not available |
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| Construction of plant phylogenies. Display
and print in radial, slanted cladogram, rectangular cladogram, and
phylogram styles. |
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TreeView
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| Roderic D. M. Page |
| Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| full version available via Internet download |
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Lucid
| US $15.95 |
| Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XT |
| 32 MB RAM, 26 MB disk, 24-bit color |
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| System for encoding information about living
organisms using cladistic keys. |
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Lucid
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| Centre for Pest Information and Technology
Transfer |
| Queensland, Australia |
| "Player" is available via Internet
download. "Builder" is available for in demo mode. |
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Mesquite
| Open source |
| Java on Windows, MacOS, and Unix |
| Not available |
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| Phylogenic analysis, parsimony, geometric
morphometrics, principal components analysis |
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Mesquite
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| Wayne Maddison |
| University of Arizona |
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COMPONENT
| No charge |
| Windows |
| Not available |
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| Analysis of evolutionary trees in phylogeny
studies including tree shape distribution, gene trees/species trees,
host-parasite cospeciation, and biogeography. |
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Component
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| Rod Page |
| Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
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IntKey & DELTA
| No charge |
| Windows 95/NT |
| Not available |
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| The DELTA format (DEscription Language for
TAxonomy) is a flexible method for encoding taxonomic descriptions
for computer processing. DELTA-format data can be used to produce
natural-language descriptions, conventional and interactive keys,
and cladistic and phenetic classifications. |
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Delta
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| M. J. Dallwitz |
| Canberra, Australia |
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MacClade
| $125.00 |
| Mac |
| Not available |
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| Phylogenetic analysis software for use in
studies of character evolution. Has tools for entering phylogenies
and for producing tree diagrams and charts. |
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MacClade
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| David R. Maddison and Wayne P. Maddison |
| Sinauer Associates |
| Sunderland, MA |
| not available |
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