[Mesquitelist] Can't find the 'Tree Congruent with Backbone Constraint Tree Topology' module

[Wayne Maddison]

This module returns true or false for the tree.  The easiest place to see this is to go to the List of Trees window and under Column select Boolean For Tree and then the one you want.  Does this do what you need?
Wayne


On 6 Sep 2011, at 5:45 AM, Barbara Schoenfeld wrote:

> Hi Mesquite sages!
> I'm just starting with Mesquite and have run into the curious problem that the Mesquite Manual recommends using a module, but that module is nowhere to be found. 
> This is the blurb for the 'Tree Congruent with Constraint Tree Topology' module: " Determines if tree matches topology of a given constraint tree. This module does not handle backbone constraints; all trees must have the same taxa present. For backbone constraint trees, where the constraint tree need not contain all taxa, use the 'Tree Congruent with Backbone Constraint Tree Topology' module."
> I'd like to use the backbone constraint module but can't find it, it isn't even mentioned anywhere else in the documentation, the Mesquite search function doesn't know it and the website doesn't mention it either. How can I get it and where does it hide? It is exactly what I need to do my analyses.
> Thanks a lot, Barbara
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