There are a number of papers with datasets in the paleoanthropological literature that I am wanting to play around with but I can’t afford PAUP. So I am throwing the question to my readers…Other than PAUP are there any good phylogenetic programs out there? Programs that can be used for continuous and discrete characters? Preferably free?
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You might look into Mesquite:
http://mesquiteproject.org/mesquite/mesquite.html
It’s all about PHYLIP.
The phylogenetics package that started it all, created by the world’s leading expert in phylogenetics (and professor in my department), Joe Felsenstein. And it’s 100% free!
website: http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip.html
you might also want to check out his extremely comprehensive list of every phylo program in existence:
http://evolution.gs.washington.edu/phylip/software.html
hope this helps!
Thanks! I will look into both of them.
I used to use Hennig86 on DOS, which it turns out you can still get. But I second the suggestion for Mesquite; it’s probably the best for trait data. If you get into molecular data, there are a lot of other options, including some web-based systems.
At this point I am just looking at trait data..