QuickJoin software speeds up neighbour joining for large taxa sets with a heuristic approach.
QuickJoin is a software package that helps speed up the neighbour joining process, making it possible to work with larger sets of taxa. While the inferred tree remains identical to that produced by traditional neighbour joining methods, QuickJoin significantly reduces the time required to construct the tree using its advanced heuristic technique.
Installation of QuickJoin is straightforward, either from source or binary. For source installation, the package is written in C++ and can compile on any Unix-like system. Simply download the source code, unpack it, and run configure and make in the subdirectory to create the QuickJoin program. A number of test programs also come included.
When installed, the qjoin program within QuickJoin reads a distance matrix in phylip format from an input file or standard input and provides the inferred tree in newick format to an output file or standard output. The program is easily accessible through a simple command, "qjoin --help" which provides additional information.
In this latest release, QuickJoin now splits the output to produce two trees when doing bootstrapping, one annotated with branch lengths and the other annotated with bootstrap values. This feature solves the issue that many tools only support a single branch annotation, making post-processing more straightforward.
Overall, QuickJoin is an efficient tool for processing large data sets with minimal wait times. Its heuristic technique helps to speed up the process without sacrificing the accuracy of traditional neighbour joining methods.
Installation of QuickJoin is straightforward, either from source or binary. For source installation, the package is written in C++ and can compile on any Unix-like system. Simply download the source code, unpack it, and run configure and make in the subdirectory to create the QuickJoin program. A number of test programs also come included.
When installed, the qjoin program within QuickJoin reads a distance matrix in phylip format from an input file or standard input and provides the inferred tree in newick format to an output file or standard output. The program is easily accessible through a simple command, "qjoin --help" which provides additional information.
In this latest release, QuickJoin now splits the output to produce two trees when doing bootstrapping, one annotated with branch lengths and the other annotated with bootstrap values. This feature solves the issue that many tools only support a single branch annotation, making post-processing more straightforward.
Overall, QuickJoin is an efficient tool for processing large data sets with minimal wait times. Its heuristic technique helps to speed up the process without sacrificing the accuracy of traditional neighbour joining methods.
What's New
Version 1.0.10: N/A