The request
“Create a phylogenetic tree of birds with ostrich, emu and tinamou as Paleognathae; chicken and duck as Galloanserae; and pigeon, flamingo, grebe, parrot, falcon and passerine as Neoaves, with a substitutions-per-site scale.”
Then tryAdd a penguin to Neoaves.Change the tree to a circular layout.
What is in this drawing
Read the decisions behind it.
01
Selected representative taxa for Paleognathae, Galloanserae, and Neoaves to keep the tree readable.
02
Used a Newick string with branch lengths to show a phylogram topology.
03
Added clade highlights for the three major groups with distinct colors and labels.
Reusable for any animal phylogeny where a small set of representative species or clades needs to be visualized with branch lengths and named clade annotations.
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