Electrophoretic data classification for phylogenetics and biostatistics.
CONCLUSIONS
This paper presents ClassMaker, a macro of MS Excel able to classify continuous data of molecular weight data as binary (1/0) values. The output is represented by a binary matrix, which can be introduced in every software application for phylogenetics or multivariate statistics. This application is designed in order to be a link between image analysis programs and statistical or phylogenetic applications, in order to produce a complete series of free programs able to carry out the complete analysis from the gel to the dendrogram.


BACKGROUND
ClassMaker is freely available from http://www.agr.unipg.it/cardinali/index.html, where a list of the URLs from which programs of image analysis, statistics and phylogenetics can be freely downloaded.
Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale e Biotecnologie Agroambientali, Sect. Microbiologia Agroalimentare ed Ambientale, Borgo 20 Giugno 74, I-06121 Perugia, Italy. gianlu@unipg.it
Gianluigi
G
Cardinali
Francesco
F
Maraziti
Sabrina
S
Selvi
D000465:Algorithms; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004586:Electrophoresis / Q000379:methods*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010802:Phylogeny; D012984:Software
D001704:Biopolymers