PARS

PARS estimates phylogenies from protein sequences (input using the standard one-letter code for amino acids) using the parsimony method, in a variant which counts only those nucleotide changes that change the amino acid, on the assumption that silent changes are more easily accomplished. 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/pars.html

INPUT: Discrete Character Matrix

TEST DATA SET

     5    6
Alpha     110110
Beta      110000
Gamma     100110
Delta     001001 Epsilon   001110

TEST SET OUTPUT (with all numerical options on)

Discrete character parsimony algorithm, version 3.6
5 species,   6  sites
Name         Sequences
----         --------- Alpha        110110 Beta         ...00. Gamma        .0.... Delta        001001 Epsilon      001...
One most parsimonious tree found:
                            +Epsilon
           +----------------3
  +--------2                +-------------------------Delta
  |        |
|        +Gamma | 1----------------Beta | +Alpha    
requires a total of      8.000

between      and       length
-------      ---       ------
1           2         1.00
2           3         2.00
3      Epsilon        0.00
3      Delta          3.00
2      Gamma          0.00
1      Beta           2.00
1      Alpha          0.00
steps in each site:


      0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
  *-----------------------------------------
 0|       1   1   1   2   2   1           

From    To     Any Steps?    State at upper node
                             ( . means same as in the node below it on tree)
         1                110110
  1      2         yes    .0....
  2      3         yes    0.1...
  3   Epsilon      no     ......
  3   Delta        yes    ...001
  2   Gamma        no     ......
  1   Beta         yes    ...00.
  1   Alpha        no     ......