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How do I ask PAUP* to examine every possible tree topology?

April 26, 2017examine paup* possible Topology tree

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How do I ask PAUP* to examine every possible tree topology?

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Here’s how to do this, but keep in mind that the number of possible unrooted bifurcating tree topologies increases factorially with the number of taxa. This means that for even a 14 taxon problem, it will take PAUP* several centuries to complete this analysis! It probably is not a good idea to try this command if you have more than ten taxa currently included.