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# nw_multi2bifurcation
Resolves multifurcation / polytomy in Newick trees eg. from FastTree
Note that this is not a true solution, but allows the tree to be imported into software that requires a strictly bifurcating tree eg. ClonalFrameML.
##Author
Jason Kwong (@kwongjc)
##Dependencies
* Python
* ete2
##Usage
```
$ nw_multi2bifurcation.py -h
usage: nw_multi2bifurcation.py [-h] [--nosupport] nwtree
Resolves multifurcation / polytomy in Newick trees eg. from FastTree
Note that this is not a true solution, but allows the tree to be imported into software that requires a strictly bifurcating tree eg. ClonalFrameML
positional arguments:
nwtree Newick tree file
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--nosupport Remove internal node support values from tree eg. for
ClonalFrameML
```
Prints new tree to ```stdout```.
##Bugs
Please submit via the [GitHub issues page](https://github.com/kwongj/nw_multi2bifurcation/issues).
##Software Licence
[GPLv3](https://github.com/kwongj/nw_multi2bifurcation/blob/master/LICENCE)
##References
[ETE Toolkit](http://etetoolkit.org/docs/latest/reference/reference_tree.html)