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Last change on this file was 19708, checked in by westram, 3 months ago
  • update doc+gui:
    • avoid terms "ARB_NT" (=former name of main arb window), "ARB_NTREE" and similar
      • instead talk about "ARB main window"
    • correct refs to 'ARB/Probes/PT_SERVER Admin'.
    • update 'What are marked species?'.
    • update protection level documentation (parts already done with previous commit).
  • Property svn:eol-style set to native
  • Property svn:keywords set to Author Date Id Revision
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1#       main topics:
2UP      arb.hlp
3UP      glossary.hlp
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5#       sub topics:
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7# format described in ../help.readme
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10TITLE           Trees
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12OCCURRENCE      ARB main window and ARB_PARSIMONY
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14DESCRIPTION     A tree consists of two types of 'nodes':
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16                - tips or terminal nodes: species
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18                        connected to exactly one father
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20                - inner nodes: hypothetical ancestors
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22                        connected to one father
23                        (and in the binary case to two children).
24                        A group_name may be assigned to an inner node; in this
25                        case, the node and all its children become a group.
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27                There are significant differences between
28                phylogenetic trees and binary trees:
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30                phylogenetic trees                      binary trees:
31                -------------------------------------------------------------------------
32                unrooted                                rooted
33                inner nodes have n children             all inner nodes have two children
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35                Since binary trees are much easier to handle, ARB converts
36                phylogenetic trees to binary trees.
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