[Bioperl-l] Bio::DB::Taxonomy, Bio::Tree, and how to combine trees

[Sendu Bala]

Tristan Lefebure wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm just starting to play with Bio::DB::Taxonomy and Bio::Tree, and I would 
> like to merge several "one leaf taxonomic trees" into a taxonomic tree with 
> several leafs.
[...]
> or even better:
> 
> ((Hemiptera,Coleoptera)Neoptera,(Decapoda,Copepoda)Crustacea)Arthropoda;

The BioPerl script taxonomy2tree.pl generates:

(((Decapoda,Copepoda)Crustacea,(Heteroptera,Coleoptera)Neoptera)Pancrustacea)"cellular 
organisms";

I think you can modify it similar to your own script to only output the 
classes you're interested in.



http://code.open-bio.org/svnweb/index.cgi/bioperl/view/bioperl-live/trunk/scripts/taxa/taxonomy2tree.PLS