text: user9952: My problem is (should be) pretty simple.
  I have a series of 10 sequences which I wish to convert into a Newick format file - what would be good software to do this? I've tried using Jalview and am getting nowhere.
  Any help appreciated.
  
  user9952: @M__'s answer led me to clustal.org and some searching led me to this page (Christoph's).
  I tried compiling Clustalx (GUI - problem with qmake) which didn't work, but Clustalw (compiled to exe clustalw2) - the command line tool - worked a treat.
  So, I had my clustalw2 executable and my 25 Drosophila alcohol dehydrogenase protein sequences and I ran the following commands (from Christoph's page):
  ./clustalw2 -align -type=protein -infile=droso.fasta
  
  This produces a droso.aln file which looks like this (only a few lines shown):
  D_paulistorum               ETRVAEKLLEHPTQTTLACAQNFVKAIELNKNGAIWKLDLGTLEPIEWTK
  D_insularis                 ETRVAEKLLEHPTQTTLACAQNFVKAIELNKNGAIWKLDLGTLEPIEWTK
  D_equinoxialis              ETRVAEKLLEHPTQTTLACAQNFVKAIELNKNGAIWKLDLGTLEPIEWTK
  D_willistoni                ETRVAEKLLEHPTQTTLACAQNFVKAIELNKNGAIWKLDLGTLEPIEWTK
                              *. *:**** ** *.:  *.:*********:*****:** .***.* *::
  
  Then on Christoph's page, there is a section:
  
  Generate a Newick tree file
  
  So, I followed the instructions and ran:
  ./clustalw2 -tree -infile=droso.aln
  
  and obtained a file droso.ph which looks like a Newick format file to me (some lines):
  (
  (
  (
  D_madeirensis:0.00000,
  D_subobscura:0.00787)
  :0.00257,
  D_guanche:0.00530)
  :0.00336,
  (
  (
  D_pseudoobscura:0.00000,
  D_pseudoobscura_pseudo:0.00000)
  :0.00262,
  D_persimilis:0.00131)
  :0.01239)
  :0.01132,
  D_ambigua:0.01821)
  :0.00839,
  
  So, it looks like I have a path to doing what I wanted in the first place - getting from .fasta to Newick format.
  Then, using the programs jalview and figtree, I was able to draw trees and the like!
  
  user9957: I think you can do this in Jalview.
  In your alignment window, open the Calculate menu and select Calculate Tree or PCA....
  This will open a Choose Calculation window which you can use to select what kind of tree to build.
  When you click on the Calculate button you will get another window with the tree in it.
  In that window you can open the File menu and then select Save as... → Newick Format.  Hopefully this will do what you need.
  
  
  user3848: The best would be Biopython using AlignIO, given they are all in a single file otherise SeqIO. The alignment approach,
  from Bio import AlignIO
  align = AlignIO.read("/home/path/myseq.fa", "fasta")
  print(align)
  with open("/home/path/example.nex", "w") as handle:
      SeqIO.write(align, handle, "nexus")
  
  (not debugged)
  MEGAX or ClustalX which are nice GUI's that will also work. If you've not got Biopython installed then ClustalX is probably the easiest.
  
original_text: 9952: <p>My problem is (should be) pretty simple.</p>
  <p>I have a series of 10 sequences which I wish to convert into a Newick format file - what would be good software to do this? I've tried using Jalview and am getting nowhere.</p>
  <p>Any help appreciated.</p>
   9952: <p>@M__'s <a href="https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com/a/14944/9952">answer</a> led me to <a href="http://www.clustal.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">clustal.org</a> and some searching led me to this page (<a href="http://wiki.christophchamp.com/index.php?title=ClustalW" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Christoph's</a>).</p>
  <p>I tried compiling Clustalx (GUI - problem with qmake) which didn't work, but Clustalw (compiled to exe clustalw2) - the command line tool - worked a treat.</p>
  <p>So, I had my <code>clustalw2</code> executable and my 25 <em>Drosophila</em> alcohol dehydrogenase protein sequences and I ran the following commands (from Christoph's page):</p>
  <pre><code>./clustalw2 -align -type=protein -infile=droso.fasta
  </code></pre>
  <p>This produces a droso.aln file which looks like this (only a few lines shown):</p>
  <pre><code>D_paulistorum               ETRVAEKLLEHPTQTTLACAQNFVKAIELNKNGAIWKLDLGTLEPIEWTK
  D_insularis                 ETRVAEKLLEHPTQTTLACAQNFVKAIELNKNGAIWKLDLGTLEPIEWTK
  D_equinoxialis              ETRVAEKLLEHPTQTTLACAQNFVKAIELNKNGAIWKLDLGTLEPIEWTK
  D_willistoni                ETRVAEKLLEHPTQTTLACAQNFVKAIELNKNGAIWKLDLGTLEPIEWTK
                              *. *:**** ** *.:  *.:*********:*****:** .***.* *::
  </code></pre>
  <p>Then on Christoph's page, there is a section:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>Generate a Newick tree file</li>
  </ul>
  <p>So, I followed the instructions and ran:</p>
  <pre><code>./clustalw2 -tree -infile=droso.aln
  </code></pre>
  <p>and obtained a file droso.ph which looks like a Newick format file to me (some lines):</p>
  <pre><code>(
  (
  (
  D_madeirensis:0.00000,
  D_subobscura:0.00787)
  :0.00257,
  D_guanche:0.00530)
  :0.00336,
  (
  (
  D_pseudoobscura:0.00000,
  D_pseudoobscura_pseudo:0.00000)
  :0.00262,
  D_persimilis:0.00131)
  :0.01239)
  :0.01132,
  D_ambigua:0.01821)
  :0.00839,
  </code></pre>
  <p>So, it looks like I have a path to doing what I wanted in the first place - getting from .fasta to Newick format.</p>
  <p>Then, using the programs <a href="https://www.jalview.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">jalview</a> and <a href="http://tree.bio.ed.ac.uk/software/figtree/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">figtree</a>, I was able to draw trees and the like!</p>
   9957: <p>I think you can do this in Jalview.
  In your alignment window, open the <strong>Calculate</strong> menu and select <strong>Calculate Tree or PCA...</strong>.
  This will open a <strong>Choose Calculation</strong> window which you can use to select what kind of tree to build.
  When you click on the <strong>Calculate</strong> button you will get another window with the tree in it.
  In that window you can open the <strong>File</strong> menu and then select <strong>Save as...</strong> → <strong>Newick Format</strong>.  Hopefully this will do what you need.
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/AgaRT.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/AgaRT.png" alt="Combined 2-stage screenshot. Calculate-&gt;Calculate Tree or PCA...-&gt;Calculate-&gt;Save as...-&gt;Newick Format" /></a></p>
   3848: <p>The best would be Biopython using AlignIO, given they are all in a single file otherise SeqIO. The alignment approach,</p>
  <pre><code>from Bio import AlignIO
  align = AlignIO.read(&quot;/home/path/myseq.fa&quot;, &quot;fasta&quot;)
  print(align)
  with open(&quot;/home/path/example.nex&quot;, &quot;w&quot;) as handle:
      SeqIO.write(align, handle, &quot;nexus&quot;)
  </code></pre>
  <p>(not debugged)</p>
  <p><a href="https://www.megasoftware.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MEGAX</a> or <a href="http://www.clustal.org/clustal2/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ClustalX</a> which are nice GUI's that will also work. If you've not got Biopython installed then ClustalX is probably the easiest.</p>
  