Phylotastic
Phylotastic offers a web-based platform for phylogenetic analysis, providing tools to build and visualize phylogenetic trees. It is designed for researchers and students in the field of bioinformatics to explore evolutionary relationships of biological sequences.
Overview
Added
March 17, 2026
Subject & domain
computer-science-advanced · bioinformatics
Grade range
Grade 9 (Freshman)–Grade 12 (Senior)
Pricing
Free
Page kind
Service
Introduction
Phylotastic: Accessing the Tree of Life
- Project Goal: To provide convenient, computable, and credible access to expert phylogenetic knowledge (the "Tree of Life") in ready-to-use formats.
- Origins: Developed through community hackathons at NESCent and an NSF-funded collaboration between the University of Maryland, New Mexico State University, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
- Key Resources & Products:
- PhylotasticEd: Educational resources for teaching the Tree of Life and evolutionary history.
- History of Earth: Integrates species phylogeny with plate tectonics and resources for charismatic organisms.
- Datelife: Provides reusable and citable chronograms.
- Phylotastic R-universe: A repository of R packages for phylogenetics, built on rOpenSci to enhance reproducibility and support both current and legacy software.
- Open Source Commitment: The project maintains an open-source philosophy, with all code accessible via their repository.
- Legacy/Offline Components: The project maintains historical documentation from past hackathons (Wiki) and previously hosted a visual portal for tree retrieval (currently offline).
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