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Function

Continuous character maximum likelihood method

Description

ECONTML - Gene Frequencies and Continuous Characters Maximum Likelihood method

Phylip contml documentation.

Usage

Here is a sample session with econtml


% econtml 
Continuous character maximum likelihood method
Phylip contml program input file: contml.dat
Input file has all alleles at each locus [N]: 
Search for best tree [Y]: 
Global rearrangements [N]: 
Randomize input order of species [N]: 
Outgroup root [N]: 
Analyze multiple data sets [N]: 
Phylip contml program output file [econtml.outfile]: 
Create a tree file [Y]: 
Phylip tree output file [econtml.treefile]: 

Go to the input files for this example
Go to the output files for this example

Command line arguments

Continuous character maximum likelihood method
Version: EMBOSS:6.6.0.0

   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers (* if not always prompted):
  [-infile]            infile     Phylip contml program input file
*  -all                boolean    [N] Input file has all alleles at each locus
   -[no]besttree       toggle     [Y] Search for best tree
*  -lengths            boolean    [N] Use lengths from user trees
*  -global             boolean    [N] Global rearrangements
*  -random             toggle     [N] Randomize input order of species
*  -randseed           integer    [3] Random number seed (must be odd) (Any
                                  integer value)
   -og                 toggle     [N] Outgroup root
*  -outgnum            integer    [1] Number of the outgroup (Integer 1 or
                                  more)
   -multsets           toggle     [N] Analyze multiple data sets
*  -datasets           integer    [1] How many data sets (Integer 1 or more)
  [-outfile]           outfile    [econtml.outfile] Phylip contml program
                                  output file
  [-[no]trout]         toggle     [Y] Create a tree file
*  -treefile           outfile    [econtml.treefile] Phylip tree output file

   Additional (Optional) qualifiers:
   -continuous         toggle     [N] Continuous characters (else Gene
                                  frequencies)
   -printdata          boolean    [N] Print out the data at start of run
   -progress           boolean    [N] Print indications of progress of run
   -[no]drawtree       boolean    [Y] Draw tree

   Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers: (none)
   Associated qualifiers:

   "-outfile" associated qualifiers
   -odirectory2        string     Output directory

   "-treefile" associated qualifiers
   -odirectory         string     Output directory

   General qualifiers:
   -auto               boolean    Turn off prompts
   -stdout             boolean    Write first file to standard output
   -filter             boolean    Read first file from standard input, write
                                  first file to standard output
   -options            boolean    Prompt for standard and additional values
   -debug              boolean    Write debug output to program.dbg
   -verbose            boolean    Report some/full command line options
   -help               boolean    Report command line options and exit. More
                                  information on associated and general
                                  qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose
   -warning            boolean    Report warnings
   -error              boolean    Report errors
   -fatal              boolean    Report fatal errors
   -die                boolean    Report dying program messages
   -version            boolean    Report version number and exit

Qualifier Type Description Allowed values Default
Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers
[-infile]
(Parameter 1)
infile Phylip contml program input file Input file Required
-all boolean Input file has all alleles at each locus Boolean value Yes/No No
-[no]besttree toggle Search for best tree Toggle value Yes/No Yes
-lengths boolean Use lengths from user trees Boolean value Yes/No No
-global boolean Global rearrangements Boolean value Yes/No No
-random toggle Randomize input order of species Toggle value Yes/No No
-randseed integer Random number seed (must be odd) Any integer value 3
-og toggle Outgroup root Toggle value Yes/No No
-outgnum integer Number of the outgroup Integer 1 or more 1
-multsets toggle Analyze multiple data sets Toggle value Yes/No No
-datasets integer How many data sets Integer 1 or more 1
[-outfile]
(Parameter 2)
outfile Phylip contml program output file Output file econtml.outfile
[-[no]trout]
(Parameter 3)
toggle Create a tree file Toggle value Yes/No Yes
-treefile outfile Phylip tree output file Output file econtml.treefile
Additional (Optional) qualifiers
-continuous toggle Continuous characters (else Gene frequencies) Toggle value Yes/No No
-printdata boolean Print out the data at start of run Boolean value Yes/No No
-progress boolean Print indications of progress of run Boolean value Yes/No No
-[no]drawtree boolean Draw tree Boolean value Yes/No Yes
Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers
(none)
Associated qualifiers
"-outfile" associated outfile qualifiers
-odirectory2
-odirectory_outfile
string Output directory Any string  
"-treefile" associated outfile qualifiers
-odirectory string Output directory Any string  
General qualifiers
-auto boolean Turn off prompts Boolean value Yes/No N
-stdout boolean Write first file to standard output Boolean value Yes/No N
-filter boolean Read first file from standard input, write first file to standard output Boolean value Yes/No N
-options boolean Prompt for standard and additional values Boolean value Yes/No N
-debug boolean Write debug output to program.dbg Boolean value Yes/No N
-verbose boolean Report some/full command line options Boolean value Yes/No Y
-help boolean Report command line options and exit. More information on associated and general qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose Boolean value Yes/No N
-warning boolean Report warnings Boolean value Yes/No Y
-error boolean Report errors Boolean value Yes/No Y
-fatal boolean Report fatal errors Boolean value Yes/No Y
-die boolean Report dying program messages Boolean value Yes/No Y
-version boolean Report version number and exit Boolean value Yes/No N

Input file format

Input files for usage example

File: contml.dat

    5    10
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
European   0.2868 0.5684 0.4422 0.4286 0.3828 0.7285 0.6386 0.0205
0.8055 0.5043
African    0.1356 0.4840 0.0602 0.0397 0.5977 0.9675 0.9511 0.0600
0.7582 0.6207
Chinese    0.1628 0.5958 0.7298 1.0000 0.3811 0.7986 0.7782 0.0726
0.7482 0.7334
American   0.0144 0.6990 0.3280 0.7421 0.6606 0.8603 0.7924 0.0000
0.8086 0.8636
Australian 0.1211 0.2274 0.5821 1.0000 0.2018 0.9000 0.9837 0.0396
0.9097 0.2976

Output file format

Output files for usage example

File: econtml.outfile


   5 Populations,   10 Loci

  +----------------------------------African   
  !  
  !              +--------American  
--1--------------2  
  !              !                    +-----------------------Australian
  !              +--------------------3  
  !                                   +Chinese   
  !  
  +--European  


remember: this is an unrooted tree!

Ln Likelihood =    33.29060

examined   15 trees

Between     And             Length      Approx. Confidence Limits
-------     ---             ------      ------- ---------- ------
  1       African           0.08464   (     0.02351,     0.17917)
  1          2              0.03569   (    -0.00262,     0.09493)
  2       American          0.02094   (    -0.00904,     0.06731)
  2          3              0.05098   (     0.00555,     0.12124)
  3       Australian        0.05959   (     0.01775,     0.12430)
  3       Chinese           0.00221   (    -0.02034,     0.03710)
  1       European          0.00624   (    -0.01948,     0.04601)


File: econtml.treefile

(African:0.08464,(American:0.02094,(Australian:0.05959,Chinese:0.00221):0.05098):0.03569,
European:0.00624);

Data files

None

Notes

None

References

None

Warnings

None

Diagnostics

None

Exit status

It always exits with status 0.

Known bugs

None.

See also

Program name Description
econtrast Continuous character contrasts
fcontrast Continuous character contrasts

Author(s)

(c) Copyright 1986-1993 by Joseph Felsenstein and by the University of Washington. Written by Joseph Felsenstein. Permission is granted to copy this document provided that no fee is charged for it and that this copyright notice is not removed.

This application was modified for inclusion in EMBOSS by Ian Longden (il@sanger.ac.uk) Informatics Division, The Sanger Centre, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.

History

Target users

This program is intended to be used by everyone and everything, from naive users to embedded scripts.

Comments

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