Summary
MacClade is used as a tool for phylogenetic analysis. But by its nature it also
embodies a world view, a portrayal of a phylogenetic approach to studying
diversity and evolution. It is relatively easy to see the diversity of living
organisms, but it has proved more difficult to see that diversity in terms of
its history; the slow development of a thoroughly ... phylogenetic perspective in
biology attests to this challenge. Together the MacClade manual and program
present methods for analyzing and exploring phylogenetic hypotheses, including
hypotheses about character evolution. MacClade is one attempt to give our
mind's eye phylogenetic lenses, to help us think about and see lineages and
evolution.

The MacClade CD comes with versions of the program MacClade for both MacOS X
and earlier versions of the MacOS (7.5 through 9.2.2). The CD also contains a
complete, 502-page manual in PDF format (with linked movies and examples).

MacClade provides an interactive environment for exploring phylogeny. In
MacClade's tree window, hypothesized phylogenetic trees or cladograms can be
manipulated and character evolution visualized upon them. To manipulate the
tree, tools are provided to move branches, reroot clades, create polytomies,
and search automatically for more parsimonious trees. Character evolution is
reconstructed on the tree and indicated by "painting" the branches. Alternative
reconstructions of character evolution can be explored. Summaries of changes in
all characters can be depicted on the tree. As trees are manipulated, MacClade
updates statistics such as tree length and the results are depicted in graphics
and charts.

http://macclade.org/intro.html

Multimedia Sample

View full image Caption Description:  MacClade 4's tree window in MacOS X

Service Citation

Originators: David Maddison and Wayne Maddison Title: MacClade 4 Release_Date: 2005 Provider: University of Arizona Edition: MacClade 4.08 URL: http://macclade.org

Service Keywords

DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING EDUCATION/OUTREACH >CURRICULUM SUPPORT >CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES EDUCATION/OUTREACH >INTERACTIVE PROGRAMS >STAND ALONE

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE >ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS >SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS >EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

Ancillary Keywords

phylogenetic analysis

Service Provider

SINAUER > Sinauer Associates, Inc. Service Organization URL: http://www.sinauer.com/ Service Provider Personnel Name: SINAUER CUSTOMER SERVICE Phone: Phone: (413) 549-4300 Fax: Fax: (413) 549-1118 Email: custserv at sinauer.com Contact Address: Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers 23 Plumtree Road P.O. Box 407 City: Sunderland Province or State: MA Postal Code: 01375-0407 Country: USA

Distribution Media

Distribution_Media: CD-ROM Fees: $125.00

Personnel

TYLER B. STEVENS Role: SERF AUTHOR Phone: (301) 614-6898 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Global Change Master Directory City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA DAVID R. MADDISON Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: (520) 621-9781 Fax: (520) 621-1150 Email: clade at arizona.edu Contact Address: Department of Entomology University of Arizona City: Tucson Province or State: AZ Postal Code: 85721 Country: USA

Related URL

Link: VIEW EXTENDED METADATA Description: Metadata in Biological Data Profile format. Link: GET SERVICE > GET SOFTWARE PACKAGE Description: Downloading a demonstration version of MacClade A demonstration copy of MacClade 4.0 is available. It is full-featured, except that you can only use it on very small data matrices (12 taxa x 50 characters) and you cannot save or print with it. There are two demonstration versions, one for 68K (older) Macintoshes, the other for PowerPC (newer) Macintoshes Link: GET SERVICE > GET SOFTWARE PACKAGE Description: MacClade 4: Analysis of Phylogeny and Character Evolution can be purchased through this site. The ISBN number is 0-87893-470-7.

Creation and Review Dates

SERF Creation Date: SERF Last Revision Date: 2006-07-21

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