[Mesquitelist] Simple question about ordering characters

[Wayne Maddison]

At 9:09 AM +0100 11.12.2008, Michel Laurin wrote:
>Hello,
>
>	Does anybody know how to order all
>characters of a matrix of discrete characters in
>Mesquite? In MacClade, that could be done from a
>list of characters, but the equivalent list in
>Mesquite gives access to probablitiy models (for
>maximum likelihood analysis), but not ordering
>schemes (for parsimony), apparently.

You need to show the column for parsimony models in this List of 
Characters window.  Select Columns>Current Parsimony Models.

Wayne


>The only way
>I have found is to open a tree, trace each
>character, and then choose ordering. This is not
>ideal, especially if there are many characters.
>
>	Sincerely,
>
>	Michel
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>
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