[Mesquitelist] Merge trees from separate files?

[Wayne Maddison]

No, there isn't an easy way.  If they were two separate clades, you could do it within the text file by copying and pasting the tree description, but if the extinct are scattered, I don't see an easy way.

Wayne


On 10 Jul 2011, at 9:19 PM, Roger Close wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm fairly new to Mesquite, and I've not had much to do with phylogenetics before. As a result, this may be a bit of a silly question. 
> 
> I am constructing a composite tree for a phylogenetic comparative study, and I made the trees for extant and extinct taxa in separate files. I've been wracking my brains trying to figure out how I can merge/combine/copy-and-paste my trees together in Mesquite into one big tree, but have not as yet had any success. I presume there is an easy way of doing this?
> 
> Many thanks!
> 
> Roger
> 
> 
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