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Sharing And Re-Use Of Phylogenetic Trees (And Associated Data) To Facilitate Synthesis, Arlin Stoltzfus, Brian C. O'Meara, Jamie Whitacre, Ross Mounce, Emily L. Gillespie, Sudhir Kumar, Dan F. Rosauer, Rutger A. Vos
Sharing And Re-Use Of Phylogenetic Trees (And Associated Data) To Facilitate Synthesis, Arlin Stoltzfus, Brian C. O'Meara, Jamie Whitacre, Ross Mounce, Emily L. Gillespie, Sudhir Kumar, Dan F. Rosauer, Rutger A. Vos
Faculty Publications and Other Works -- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Background
Recently, various evolution-related journals adopted policies to encourage or require archiving of phylogenetic trees and associated data. Such attention to practices that promote sharing of data reflects rapidly improving information technology, and rapidly expanding potential to use this technology to aggregate and link data from previously published research. Nevertheless, little is known about current practices, or best practices, for publishing trees and associated data so as to promote re-use.
Findings
Here we summarize results of an ongoing analysis of current practices for archiving phylogenetic trees and associated data, current practices of re-use, and current barriers to re-use. We find …