[Mesquitelist] build ancestral state in large scale

[Wayne Maddison]

Mesquite can run under unix/linux.  It has a scripting language and 
so you can automate tasks.

When you say "run it automatically in large scale", what do you mean 
exactly?  You want to generate a large table, you want to print many 
trees, or you want a summary diagram created?  A summary of what?  If 
you tell me exactly what you want, I can tell you if Mesquite can do 
what you need.

Wayne


At 3:12 PM -0400 25.6.2007, cheng zou wrote:
>Hello fellow Mesquite users,
>
>I am trying to estimate ancestral state of discrete characters by 
>using the MP and ML method.Mesquite is user-friendly when you run 
>one tree.But I have thousand of trees and characters,how can I run 
>it automatically in large scale? Is Java programming required to do 
>that? Can it run at Unix or Linux? Thanks a lot for any suggestion!
>
>Best,
>
>
>Cheng
>
>Cheng Zou
>Postdoc,plant biology department
>Michigan State University,MI
>
>
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