---
name: "bp_run_neighbor.pl"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "bioperl-run"
version: "1.7.3-13"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bp_run_neighbor.pl"
---

# bp\_run\_neighbor.pl(1p)

run Phylip's 'neighbor' program through Bioperl

## NAME

run\_neighbor - run Phylip's 'neighbor' program through Bioperl

## SYNOPSIS

run\_neighbor \[-i inputfile\] \[-o outfilename\]

## DESCRIPTION

Provide an matrix file to run neighbor on.  File should be named of the forma file.matrix or file.protdist (the ending doesn't matter, but the program expects a file in the form of (\\S+)\\.(\\S+).

This will run the application 'neighbor' to build a  Neighbor-Joining tree from a protein distance matrix.

## AUTHOR

Jason Stajich, jason-AT-open-bio-DOT-org