PROTPARS

PROTPARS is a Multistate discrete-characters parsimony method. Up to 8 states (as well as "?") are allowed. Cannot do Camin-Sokal or Dollo Parsimony. Can cope with multifurcations, reconstruct ancestral states, use character weights, and infer branch lengths. 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/protpars.html

INPUT: Aligned Protein Sequences (Character Matrix)

TEST DATA SET

     5    10
Alpha     ABCDEFGHIK
Beta      AB--EFGHIK
Gamma     ?BCDSFG*??
Delta     CIKDEFGHIK
Epsilon   DIKDEFGHIK

CONTENTS OF OUTPUT FILE (with all numerical options on)

Protein parsimony algorithm, version 3.6
5 species,  10  sites

Name          Sequences
----          ---------
Alpha        ABCDEFGHIK
Beta         ..--......
Gamma        ?...S..*??
Delta        CIK.......
Epsilon      DIK.......
One most parsimonious tree found:
     +--------Gamma
     !
  +--2     +--Epsilon
  !  !  +--4
  !  +--3  +--Delta
  1     !
  !     +-----Beta
  !
  +-----------Alpha     
remember: this is an unrooted tree!
requires a total of     15.00

steps in each position:
         0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
*-----------------------------------------
0!       3   1   4   3   2   0   0   2   0 10!   0                                    

From    To     Any Steps?    State at upper node
                             ( . means same as in the node below it on tree)
         1                ANCDEFGHIK 
  1      2         no     .......... 2   Gamma        yes    ?B..S..*?? 2      3         yes    ..?....... 3      4         yes    ?IK....... 4   Epsilon     maybe   D......... 4   Delta        yes    C......... 3   Beta         yes    .B--...... 1   Alpha       maybe   .B........