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ggtree: an R package for visualization of phylogenetic trees with their annotation data

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‘ggtree’ extends the ‘ggplot2’ plotting system which implemented the
grammar of graphics. ‘ggtree’ is designed for visualization and
annotation of phylogenetic trees and other tree-like structures with
their annotation data.

See also
https://yulab-smu.top/contribution-tree-data/

✍️ Authors

Guangchuang YU

School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University

https://yulab-smu.top

If you use ggtree in
published research, please cite the most appropriate paper(s) from this
list:

  1. S Xu, L Li, X Luo, M Chen, W Tang, L Zhan, Z Dai, TT. Lam, Y Guan,
    G Yu. Ggtree: A serialized data object for visualization of a
    phylogenetic tree and annotation data. iMeta, 2022, 1(4):e56.
    doi: 10.1002/imt2.56
  2. G Yu. Data Integration, Manipulation and Visualization of
    Phylogenetic Treess (1st edition). Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2022.
    doi: 10.1201/9781003279242
  3. G Yu. Using ggtree to visualize data on tree-like structures.
    Current Protocols in Bioinformatics, 2020, 69:e96. doi:
    10.1002/cpbi.96
  4. G Yu*, TTY Lam, H Zhu, Y Guan*. Two
    methods for mapping and visualizing associated data on phylogeny
    using ggtree. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2018,
    35(2):3041-3043. doi:
    10.1093/molbev/msy194
  5. G Yu, DK Smith, H Zhu, Y Guan, TTY Lam*. ggtree: an
    R package for visualization and annotation of phylogenetic trees
    with their covariates and other associated data. Methods in
    Ecology and Evolution
    . 2017, 8(1):28-36. doi:
    10.1111/2041-210X.12628


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R99.4%Makefile0.5%Shell0.2%
Created December 3, 2014
Updated March 9, 2026