[Biodevelopers] cluster analysis

[Dan Bolser]

The mcl algorithm might be what you need (so long as you can assign
numbers to your measure of similarity). 

http://micans.org/mcl/

Ta,

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Sunil Raj Prasad wrote:

> Dear Sir,
> 
> I am a post graduate student at the University of the South Pacific 
> doing my Master of Science in Conservation Biology. I am studying the 
> leaf litter invertebrates to assess their representativeness in the 
> network of forest reserves in Fiji.
> 
> I extract the invertebrates and then sort them into different 
> morphospecies based on their morphological characteristics such as 
> absence or presence of body hair, its shape and density, body size, 
> segment shape and size, etc.
> 
> I want to systematically categorise my sites based on the similarity 
> index (Jaccards index) of the sites. I am not interested in performing a 
> cladistic analysis but want to subdivide my sites into different 
> biological provinces based on my morphospecies data. I also want to get 
> a dendograph which clusters all the similar sites. Can you please help 
> me by pointing me in the right direction as to which software program 
> can do this? I have been browsing the internet but can not find a 
> suitably priced software which can use do a simple cluster analysis 
> instead of phylogentic analysis.
> 
> I would be really appreciate it if you could provide me some assistance. 
> Please do contact me if you have any other queries.
> 
> 
> Sunil Raj Prasad,
> GA Conservation Biology,
> Biology Department, SPAS,
> University of the South Pacific,
> Fiji Islands.
> 
> (679) 3311061
> 
> sunilrajprasad at hotmail.com
> s99007386 at student.usp.ac.fj
> 
> 
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