Diversity analysis

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Distance Matrix - Bray Curtis


Heatmap based on the matrix of Bray-Curtis distances between samples.

Gower, J. C. (1966). Some distance properties of latent root and vector methods used in multivariate analysis. Biometrika, 53(3-4), 325-338.
Bray, J. R., and J. T. Curtis. (1957). An ordination of the upland forest communities of southern Wisconsin. Ecological Monographs 27:325–349.


Distance Matrix - Weighted UniFrac


Heatmap based on the matrix of Weighted UniFrac distances between samples.

Gower, J. C. (1966). Some distance properties of latent root and vector methods used in multivariate analysis. Biometrika, 53(3-4), 325-338.
Lozupone, C., Lladser, M. E., Knights, D., Stombaugh, J., & Knight, R. (2011). UniFrac: an effective distance metric for microbial community comparison. The ISME journal, 5(2), 169-172.


Distance Matrix - Unweighted UniFrac


Heatmap based on the matrix of Unweighted UniFrac distances between samples.

Gower, J. C. (1966). Some distance properties of latent root and vector methods used in multivariate analysis. Biometrika, 53(3-4), 325-338.
Lozupone, C., Lladser, M. E., Knights, D., Stombaugh, J., & Knight, R. (2011). UniFrac: an effective distance metric for microbial community comparison. The ISME journal, 5(2), 169-172.