Visualizations for taxonomic and phylogenetic trees
In: Bioinformatics. OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1367-4803; e-ISSN 1460-2059, more
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- Parr, C.S.
- Lee, B.
- Campbell, D.
- Bederson, B.B.
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| Abstract |
Motivation: Despite substantial efforts to develop and populate the back-ends of biological databases, front-ends to these systems often rely on taxonomic expertise. This research applies techniques from human-computer interaction research to the biodiversity domain. Results: We developed an interactive node-link tool, TaxonTree, illustrating the value of a carefully designed interaction model, animation, and integrated searching and browsing towards retrieval of biological names and other information. Users tested the tool using a new, large integrated dataset of animal names with phylogenetic-based and classification-based tree structures. These techniques also translated well for a tool, DoubleTree, to allow comparison of trees using coupled interaction. Our approaches will be useful not only for biological data but as general portal interfaces. |
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