Input .OUT File Format

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The input file is in the following format and contains three parts:
  • A host tree
  • A parasite tree
  • The associations between symbiont/parasite and hosts

Example:

Suppose the host tree is ((a,b),(c,d)) and the parasite tree is ((p1,p2),p3), and we have the following associations:
  • p1 is associated with a
  • p2 is associated with b
  • p3 is associated with d
    • The corresponding file would look like this:
    #NEXUS
    BEGIN HOST;
    TREE * Host = ((a,b),(c,d));
    ENDBLOCK;
    BEGIN PARASITE;
    TREE * Parasite = ((p1,p2),p3);
    ENDBLOCK;
    BEGIN DISTRIBUTION;
    RANGE
    p1: a,
    p2: b,
    p3: d
    ;
    END;