choose among cladograms

[Hadi Karimi]

Hi everyone, 

I ran TNT on my data, it created four equal trees. Can I choose the tree with the least homoplasy as my final tree instead of the consensus tree?

Could you support us with some references?

Thanks in advance

[Dimitri Forero]

Hi Haidi,

If TNT found 4 trees, that means that it found 4 equally parsimonious trees, that is, that all four are the same. Therefore, the best way to summarize what you found is to show a consensus tree. Unless you arbitrarily select one of those four for something, for instance, to optimize some characters.

cheers

Dimitri

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