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How do I get a single majority-rule bootstrap consensus tree from the results of multiple bootstrap runs performed at different times or on different machines?

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How do I get a single majority-rule bootstrap consensus tree from the results of multiple bootstrap runs performed at different times or on different machines?

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First, save the trees found during each bootstrap run. By default, PAUP* uses the system clock to seed the random number generator; thus, provided you do not change the value of bseed characters will be sampled differently from run to run. After the bootstrap runs have completed, retrieve the tree files, and compute the consensus tree using the options given below.