RE: MacClade and PAUP

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> David Peters
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 7:55 AM
> To: dinosaur list
> Subject: MacClade and PAUP
>
> I have been using MacClade to input data and create the matrix ? and
> then I use PAUP to evaluate the data, like everyone else, or so I had
> assumed. A colleague told me to send my data and so I sent the MacClade
> file. Then he/she told me they could not open my file because they did
> not have MacClade.
>
> Question is: how does one input data if not with MacClade? How can I
> help my colleague get the data?

One can save MacClade files (or PAUP* files) as NEXUS files, which are
really just text (.txt) files, which both programs can run.

For example, I have some incredibly archaic data matricies on my personal
website, which have a ".mc" extension, but are really just text files.  One
can open and save these in a text format, and PAUP* and MacClade should
still be able to read them.

Let me know if this helps,

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
                Vertebrate Paleontologist
Department of Geology           Director, Earth, Life & Time Program
University of Maryland          College Park Scholars
                College Park, MD  20742
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