Visualizations for taxonomic and phylogenetic trees |
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Authors: | Parr Cynthia Sims Lee Bongshin Campbell Dana Bederson Benjamin B |
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Institution: | Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. csparr@umd.edu |
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Abstract: | MOTIVATION: Despite substantial efforts to develop and populate the back-ends of biological databases, front-ends to these systems often rely on taxonomic expertise. This research applies techniques from human-computer interaction research to the biodiversity domain. RESULTS: We developed an interactive node-link tool, TaxonTree, illustrating the value of a carefully designed interaction model, animation, and integrated searching and browsing towards retrieval of biological names and other information. Users tested the tool using a new, large integrated dataset of animal names with phylogenetic-based and classification-based tree structures. These techniques also translated well for a tool, DoubleTree, to allow comparison of trees using coupled interaction. Our approaches will be useful not only for biological data but as general portal interfaces. |
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