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# Add Marked Species and Local Optimization OCCURRENCE DESCRIPTION NOTES EXAMPLES WARNINGS BUGS ## OCCURRENCE
### ARB_NT/Tree/Parsimony/Tree/Add Marked Species + NNI
## DESCRIPTION
### All 'marked species' (see ´Glossary´) are positioned according to maximum parsimony criteria. Local optimization of the current tree is performed by swapping subtrees which are separated by not more than one edge.
## NOTES
### The current parsimony value (number of base changes needed) is displayed after the 'Current Par' prompt in the upper part of the 'ARB_PARSIMONY' window and the 'Message' window (pops up while calculating).
## EXAMPLES
### None
## WARNINGS
### No global optimization is performed
## BUGS
### No bugs known