2.3.2.2 Hierarchical clustering based on distances

Performs hierarchical clustering from a previously computed distance matrix.

Synopsis:

maf.filter=                                 \
    [...],
    DistanceBasedPhylogeny(                 \
        method=bionj,                       \
        dist_mat=MLDistance),               \
    [...]

Arguments:

method={string}

Method to use for reconstructing the tree:

upgma

Unweighted pair group method using arithmetic means

wpgma

Weighted pair group method using aritmetic means

nj

Neighbor-Joining (Saitou and Nei, 1987)

bionj

BioNJ method (Gascuel, 1997)

dist_mat={string}

The tag name of the distance matrix to use.

Extra-data:

UPGMA|WPGMA|NJ|BioNJ

The resulting tree.