For phylogenetics work, you also may want to evaluate the ape library on CRAN: http://cran.at.r-project.org/web/packages/ape/index.html Thomas On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 11:15:34AM +0100, Julia Engelmann wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Michael, > > check out: > > library(ctc) > ?hc2Newick > > HTH, > Julia > > > michael watson (IAH-C) wrote: > > Hello > > > > I am asking the bioC list as it is more likely to contain > > biologists tha R-help! > > > > Has anyone written any code to convert an hclust object to newick > > format? > > > > For those of you who don't know, newick is a simple tree > > representation format used extensively in phylogenetic analysis: > > > > (B:6.0,(A:5.0,C:3.0,E:4.0):5.0,D:11.0); > > > > I am looking to see if certain statistical properties can be used > > in hclust which will mirror a phylogenetic tree based on DNA > > sequence, and for that I want to use some of the phylogenetic tree > > drawing tools on my hclust data, all of which accept newick as > > standard > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Mick > > > > _______________________________________________ Bioconductor > > mailing list Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor Search the > > archives: > > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFK8VRGf5mXQV6PaIURAgofAJ4xsBNaleGY73wkxjwMe2ikI47A5QCbBlCp > ILPLyj0pKexLKWp3Vd7HIvg= > =ruaY > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >