I have generated a dendrogram in pogene version 1.32 using Nei's genetic distances (Initial data is RAPD binary matric data). Any idea on how to add a scale to the tree? The DendroUPGMA tree construction link http://genomes.urv.cat/UPGMA/ gives exactly the same tree but no scale either.The actual output obtained using popgene and the final tree obtained after opening the tree plot output file in coreldraw are attached.
Hullo Ramesh, I managed to produce a dendrogram with a scale using Figtree as you suggested. Since tree files produced by popgene could not be visualized by FigTree, I first had to use Phylip-3.695 to generate the tree file in a format that could be visualized using FigTree v.1.4.2. Many thanks.
After you get the gel images in RAPD experiments, selecting correct analytic algorithms become the key for the data analysis. Most likely RAPD data will not be binary and desity-unweighted algorithms, such as Nei's equation, may not be suitable to use. Please see my paper in ResearchGate. The desity-weighted algorithms that we described in the paper are methametically general, capable of handling data comparisons that are fall or not fall into "all or none" catagory.
Suitability and Advantages of Abundance-Weighted Algorithms for the Holistic Comparison of Sample Systems. J Appl Biotechnol Bioengineering, 2017, 2(6): 00050
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