I am a beginner in phylogenetics, so there may be some fundamental misconceptions I have, so please bear with me.

I am working on a project to test which specific gene is the best at predicting phylogenetic relations among certain primate organisms. After aligning my sequences (for each gene) and using the R statistical pacakge "ape", I have constructed 22 phylogenetic trees (one based on each gene). I now want to see which tree is the closest to the current, scientifically accepted primate tree.

I understand you can do this using the treedist functions in R, which compares two Newick-format phylogenetic trees. So I need to import my tree (which I know how to do) and the currently accepted primate tree (in Newick format). The problem is, I don't know where to find this tree (with branch lengths). Where should I go to obtain this tree?

Thank you for your help!

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