Needs Analysis Workshop/Phylogeny Breakout

Participants: Monte, Paula, Cartik, Chuck, Wasila, Hans

PM - what are participants most interested in?

-computing tree on the fly

-repository of trees

-manipulation of existing trees?

Group consensus - want the ability deliver trees and ability to manipulate them

HH – want the ability to map as many phenotypic traits as possible; character mapping with phenotypic transitions, gains/losses, correlated changes; have sets of data mapped on tree – for example , all in situs done for a particular gene…