common

Behavior:

• Outputs the common tree of terms as Newick format.
• Finds the most recent common ancestor of all input terms.
• Constructs a phylogenetic tree showing the relationship.
• Ancestral terms can be Taxonomy IDs or scientific names.

Input:

• Accepts two or more Taxonomy IDs or scientific names.
• Terms are provided as positional arguments.

Output:

• Newick format tree string.
• Tree includes scientific names as node labels.
• By default, output is written to standard output.
• Use --outfile to write to a file instead.

Examples:

1. Find common ancestor of two species nwr common 9606 10090

2. Find common ancestor of multiple taxa nwr common "Homo sapiens" "Mus musculus" "Danio rerio"

3. Write to file nwr common 9606 10090 -o tree.nwk

4. Use taxonomy IDs nwr common 9605 10090 10116