KITSCH

KITSCH. This program carries out the Fitch-Margoliash and Least Squares methods, plus a variety of others of the same family, with the assumption that all tip species are contemporaneous, and that there is an evolutionary clock (in effect, a molecular clock). This means that branches of the tree cannot be of arbitrary length, but are constrained so that the total length from the root of the tree to any species is the same. The quantity minimized is the same weighted sum of squares described in the Distance Matrix Methods documentation file. . Part of Phylip.

© Copyright 1991-2006 by the University of Washington. Written by Joseph Felsenstein. Edited by NGBW team.


Manual: http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip/doc/kitsch.html

INPUT = DNA Distance matrix

TEST DATA SET

    7  
Bovine      0.0000  1.6866  1.7198  1.6606  1.5243  1.6043  1.5905  
Mouse       1.6866  0.0000  1.5232  1.4841  1.4465  1.4389  1.4629  
Gibbon      1.7198  1.5232  0.0000  0.7115  0.5958  0.6179  0.5583  
Orang       1.6606  1.4841  0.7115  0.0000  0.4631  0.5061  0.4710  
Gorilla     1.5243  1.4465  0.5958  0.4631  0.0000  0.3484  0.3083  
Chimp       1.6043  1.4389  0.6179  0.5061  0.3484  0.0000  0.2692  
Human       1.5905  1.4629  0.5583  0.4710  0.3083  0.2692  0.0000  

TEST SET OUTPUT FILE (with all numerical options on)

     7 Populations    Fitch-Margoliash method with contemporary tips, version 3.66
	                      __ __             2
	                      \  \   (Obs - Exp)  
	    Sum of squares =  /_ /_  ------------         
	                                        2
	                       i  j      Obs    


	negative branch lengths not allowed      


Name                       Distance
----                       ---------
Bovine        0.00000   1.68660   1.71980   1.66060   1.52430   1.60430   1.59050
Mouse         1.68660   0.00000   1.52320   1.48410   1.44650   1.43890   1.46290
Gibbon        1.71980   1.52320   0.00000   0.71150   0.59580   0.61790   0.55830
Orang         1.66060   1.48410   0.71150   0.00000   0.46310   0.50610   0.47100
Gorilla       1.52430   1.44650   0.59580   0.46310   0.00000   0.34840   0.30830
Chimp         1.60430   1.43890   0.61790   0.50610   0.34840   0.00000   0.26920
Human         1.59050   1.46290   0.55830   0.47100   0.30830   0.26920   0.00000


                                           +-------Human
                                         +-6
                                    +----5 +-------Chimp
                                    !    !
                                +---4    +---------Gorilla
                                !   !
       +------------------------3   +--------------Orang
       !                        !
  +----2                        +------------------Gibbon
  !    !
--1    +-------------------------------------------Mouse
  !
  +------------------------------------------------Bovine


 Sum of squares =      0.107
 Average percent standard deviation =   5.16213


From     To            Length          Height
----     --            ------          ------
6     Human           0.13460         0.81285
5       6             0.02836         0.67825
6     Chimp           0.13460         0.81285
4       5             0.07638         0.64990
5     Gorilla         0.16296         0.81285
3       4             0.06639         0.57352
4     Orang           0.23933         0.81285
2       3             0.42923         0.50713
3     Gibbon          0.30572         0.81285
1       2             0.07790         0.07790
2     Mouse           0.73495         0.81285
1     Bovine          0.81285         0.81285