The T-RFLP Phylogenetic Assignment Tool (PAT) enables investigators to quickly find possible phylogenetic assignments based on terminal restriction fragment lengths obtained from a series of restriction enzyme digests. It is designed to accept any number of digests for use in generating phylogenetic matches and associated statistics. To generate phylogenetic assignments from user-supplied data, the user selects a database file, digest files to be analyzed, and the bin sizes to use in the computation. The PAT program then prompts the user to assign a specific restriction enzyme present in the selected database to each of the digest files.

This application works best when run from browsers Internet Explorer or Netscape.

Step 1: User Login

To set up your username and password, click New User

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