Information Box

The information box in the Tree Explorer lists the various statistical attributes of the displayed tree with the branch A branch is a line connecting either two internal nodes to each other or an external node to an internal node in a phylogenetic tree. The length of a branch denotes the genetic distance (e.g., number of substitutions per unit time) between the two taxa it connects. or node A node in a phylogenetic tree represents a taxon, the external or terminal nodes represent the extant taxa and the internal nodes represent the ancestral taxa. highlighted.  It usually contains multiple tabs.

General: This reminds the user of the number of taxa A taxon is the individual unit whose evolutionary relationship is being investigated. Depending on the study, “taxa” may refer to species, populations, individuals, or sequences within an individual.RH_Taxa (and groupsRH_Groups_of_taxa, if any) and of the strategy used to deal with gaps and missing data.

Tree:  This contains information about the type of tree –rootedRH_Rooted_tree/unrootedRH_Unrooted_tree, and the sum of branch lengths, SBL, or the tree-length.  In addition, information about the total number of trees and the tree number of the current tree is displayed.

Branch:   In the Tree Explorer window you may click on a branchRH_Branch or on a nodeRH_Node of the tree.  If you click on a branch, this tab displays its location in terms of the two nodes it connects.  (Leaf taxa are numbered in the order in which they appear in the input data file.)  This window also displays the length of the selected branch.  If you click on a node, the internal identification number of that node is displayed.