ggtree: an R package for visualization of phylogenetic trees with their annotation data
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‘ggtree’ extends the ‘ggplot2’ plotting system which implemented the
grammar of graphics. ‘ggtree’ is designed for visualization and
annotation of phylogenetic trees and other tree-like structures with
their annotation data.
:writing_hand: Authors
Guangchuang YU
School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University
https://yulab-smu.top
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If you use ggtree in
published research, please cite the most appropriate paper(s) from this
list:
- S Xu, L Li, X Luo, M Chen, W Tang, L Zhan, Z Dai, TT. Lam, Y Guan,
G Yu. Ggtree: A serialized data object for visualization of a
phylogenetic tree and annotation data. iMeta, 2022, 1(4):e56.
doi: 10.1002/imt2.56
- G Yu. Data Integration, Manipulation and Visualization of
Phylogenetic Treess (1st edition). Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2022.
doi: 10.1201/9781003279242
- G Yu. Using ggtree to visualize data on tree-like structures.
Current Protocols in Bioinformatics, 2020, 69:e96. doi:
10.1002/cpbi.96
- G Yu*, TTY Lam, H Zhu, Y Guan*. Two
methods for mapping and visualizing associated data on phylogeny
using ggtree. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2018,
35(2):3041-3043. doi:
10.1093/molbev/msy194
- G Yu, DK Smith, H Zhu, Y Guan, TTY Lam*. ggtree: an
R package for visualization and annotation of phylogenetic trees
with their covariates and other associated data. Methods in
Ecology and Evolution. 2017, 8(1):28-36. doi:
10.1111/2041-210X.12628
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