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# ggtree: an R package for visualization of phylogenetic trees with their annotation data
```{r echo=FALSE, results="hide", message=FALSE}
#library("txtplot")
library("badger")
library("ypages")
Biocpkg <- function (pkg) {
sprintf("[%s](http://bioconductor.org/packages/%s)", pkg, pkg)
}
```
[](https://www.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/ggtree.html#archives)
`r badge_bioc_release("ggtree", "green")`
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```{r comment="", echo=FALSE, results='asis'}
cat(packageDescription('ggtree')$Description)
```
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## :writing_hand: Authors
Guangchuang YU
School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University
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If you use `r Biocpkg('ggtree')` in published research, please cite the most appropriate paper(s) from this list:
1. __G Yu__. Using ggtree to visualize data on tree-like structures. __*Current Protocols in Bioinformatics*__, 2020, 69:e96. doi: [10.1002/cpbi.96](https://doi.org/10.1002/cpbi.96).
- [Source code and data to reproduce figures in the article](https://github.com/GuangchuangYu/ggtree-current-protocols)
2. __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](https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msy194).
- [Source code to produce Supplementary Material](https://github.com/GuangchuangYu/plotting_tree_with_data)
3. __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](https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12628).
## :sparkling_heart: Contributing
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