A public collection of phylogenetics experiences in audio and video form
Abstract Multimedia representations of phylogenies can only broaden the audience experiencing results of the field. I developed a bioinformatics pipeline for representation of phylogenies as audio and video, optimized to enable conversion of an extremely wide range of phylogeny structures (from tens to tens of thousands of terminals). I also compiled and standardized a set of contemporary phylogenetics results comprising only ones that were provisioned in analyzable form supplementary to a publication and that had been assigned a Creative Commons license by the authors. Fifty‐six such phylogenies were audified and the resultant media files were made easily accessible. This work provisionally addresses a problematic gap in public information on phylogenetics for nonvisual modalities, and exemplifies how evolutionary biologists might better respond to obligations in widening participation.
Authors
- Douglas Chesters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7352-5770)
Institutions
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Institute of Zoology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Systematics and Evolution
- Published
- 2025-06-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13195
- Primary Topic
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China