# \#distance-matrix

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/tag/distance-matrix/134.md

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## [Statistical analyses for beta-rarefaction output](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/statistical-analyses-for-beta-rarefaction-output/27363)

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**Author:** [@MarlydEMejia](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/MarlydEMejia)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/statistical-analyses-for-beta-rarefaction-output/27363 "2023-08-15T16:24:20Z")

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Good afternoon! I realize there is a post similar to this Beta-rarefaction diversity matrix export or mean distance?, but was hoping bringing it up again to see if anything has been changed since or could be produced. I…

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## [distance matrix and clustering by taxa marplot](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/distance-matrix-and-clustering-by-taxa-marplot/24527)

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**Author:** [@rbfks100333](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/rbfks100333)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2022, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/distance-matrix-and-clustering-by-taxa-marplot/24527 "2022-10-25T08:07:22Z")

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Hello! I've even completed the process of making a taxonomy barplot using my data. My boss wants me to use the distance matrix in this taxonomy to group things with similar taxonomy configurations. What should I do? Ho…

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## [Creating KEGG-based distance matrix](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/creating-kegg-based-distance-matrix/24385)

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**Author:** [@kam](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/kam)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/creating-kegg-based-distance-matrix/24385 "2022-10-08T23:41:19Z")

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Hi! Wanted to raise a general discussion - how appropiate is it in your opinion to use KEGG-based feature table to create distance matrix and use downstream analysis exceptable for usual composition-based distance matri…

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## [Error in q2 diversity plugin: missing file(s) for DistanceMatrixDirectoryFormat](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/error-in-q2-diversity-plugin-missing-file-s-for-distancematrixdirectoryformat/22509)

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**Author:** [@chenjd](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/chenjd)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/error-in-q2-diversity-plugin-missing-file-s-for-distancematrixdirectoryformat/22509 "2022-03-26T13:48:02Z")

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Hi! Beginner Qiime user here. I'm trying to run some diversity analyses for the first time and am following the moving pictures tutorial with the (very large) dataset I'm working on. When I was running the "diversity co…

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## [Heatmap metric vs method](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/heatmap-metric-vs-method/18839)

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**Author:** [@hsapers](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/hsapers)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/heatmap-metric-vs-method/18839 "2021-03-12T15:46:23Z")

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Hello - I have what's likely a pretty basic question - but can't seem to find documentation to confirm: I'm running qiime feature-table heatmap (using transformed relative abundance I re-imported as a FeatureTable\[Frequ…

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## [Odd PCoA from distance matrix](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/odd-pcoa-from-distance-matrix/18503)

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**Author:** [@Diki](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Diki)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/odd-pcoa-from-distance-matrix/18503 "2021-03-02T05:49:46Z")

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Greetings everyone, I followed the movingpictures example and had these weird (i.e. too symmetrical) point distribution on my data shown. These are from core-metrics-results/jaccard\_emperor.qzv and core-metrics-result…

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## [Distance matrix between taxas in OTU table](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/distance-matrix-between-taxas-in-otu-table/15576)

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**Author:** [@misterie](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/misterie)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/distance-matrix-between-taxas-in-otu-table/15576 "2020-07-02T14:10:39Z")

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Hi, I was exportin the OTU table to the csv file. Since I want to use this file for the mixed model I wanted to use genetic distances between OTUs as my variance-covariance matrix. Is there any possibility to generate t…

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## [Load DistanceMatrix Artifact to DataFrame](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/load-distancematrix-artifact-to-dataframe/11660)

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**Author:** [@Marija\_Durdevic](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Marija_Durdevic)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/load-distancematrix-artifact-to-dataframe/11660 "2019-09-25T10:51:29Z")

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Hi all, I am trying to load DistanceMatrix Artifact to Pandas DataFrame: Artifact.load("jaccarddistancematrix.qza").view(pd.DataFrame) Exception: No transformation from \<class 'qiime2.plugin.model.directory\_format.Dis…

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## [Converting distance matrix txt to qza file?](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/converting-distance-matrix-txt-to-qza-file/7335)

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**Author:** [@BeckyNesnevich](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/BeckyNesnevich)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/converting-distance-matrix-txt-to-qza-file/7335 "2018-12-10T14:26:50Z")

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Hi everyone, I am new to qiime2 and have an old workflow from the older version of qiime. I am trying to use the beta-group-significance function. I am using a distance matrix from my old qiime workflow, which is in .tx…

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## [Add Yue and Clayton Distance Metric as an option in QIIME 2?](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/add-yue-and-clayton-distance-metric-as-an-option-in-qiime-2/7072)

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**Author:** [@smreyes](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/smreyes)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/add-yue-and-clayton-distance-metric-as-an-option-in-qiime-2/7072 "2018-11-19T21:41:24Z")

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I would love to see the Yue and Clayton distance metric available in QIIME 2. Any plans to do so?

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## [ASVs driving the differences behind distance matrix](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/asvs-driving-the-differences-behind-distance-matrix/4209)

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**Author:** [@Biancabrown](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Biancabrown)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/asvs-driving-the-differences-behind-distance-matrix/4209 "2018-05-22T22:43:47Z")

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Hi All, Thanks again for this program. Quick question: How do I extract/identify the ASVs that are driving the differences seen among sample type in a unifrac distance matrix?

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## [Convert beta matrix from Qiita so can be used in QIIME2 for longitudinal first-distances](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/convert-beta-matrix-from-qiita-so-can-be-used-in-qiime2-for-longitudinal-first-distances/3374)

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**Author:** [@Stephanieorch](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Stephanieorch)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/convert-beta-matrix-from-qiita-so-can-be-used-in-qiime2-for-longitudinal-first-distances/3374 "2018-03-09T20:46:30Z")

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I ran my beta diversity command in Qiita and downloaded the .tsv matrix file so I could use it to run the longitudinal first-distances in QIIME2. However, when I try to run it, I get this error: distance-matrix\_unweighte…

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## [Error: Artifact cannot be viewed as QIIME 2 Metadata](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/error-artifact-cannot-be-viewed-as-qiime-2-metadata/3332)

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**Author:** [@jjmmii](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/jjmmii)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/error-artifact-cannot-be-viewed-as-qiime-2-metadata/3332 "2018-03-07T04:20:13Z")

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Hello, I'm trying to run first-distances on unweighted\_unifrac\_distance\_matrix.qza. Here is my command: qiime longitudinal first-distances --m-metadata-file ../metadata\_with\_grouping\_noNC\_noZymo.tsv --m-metadata-file un…

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## [Bray-Curtis PCoA results visualisation problem](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/bray-curtis-pcoa-results-visualisation-problem/2190)

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**Author:** [@Sapsanas](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Sapsanas)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/bray-curtis-pcoa-results-visualisation-problem/2190 "2018-02-16T16:59:37Z")

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Hello, I got a strange result from visualization of bray\_curtis\_emperor.qzv after the step of computing alpha and beta diversity metrics. Seems like the data doesn't match with metadata. For other output .qzv files …

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## [Weighted and Unweighted distance matrix have only zeros](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/weighted-and-unweighted-distance-matrix-have-only-zeros/2688)

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**Author:** [@rgloreto](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/rgloreto)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/weighted-and-unweighted-distance-matrix-have-only-zeros/2688 "2018-01-24T00:15:32Z")

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Hi folks - I am running into a issue with one of the beta analyses I have done. I selected 8 OUTs from my data to run a separate analyses with them. After running the core diversity metrics, the distance matrix for bot…

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## [Beta-Diversity HELP! What should my next step be!](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/beta-diversity-help-what-should-my-next-step-be/2238)

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**Author:** [@Stream\_biofilm](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Stream_biofilm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/beta-diversity-help-what-should-my-next-step-be/2238 "2017-12-18T16:10:04Z")

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Hello Qiime friends, My data has been processed and I have been working on the Beta-diversity analysis. I want to look at which environmental factors contribute most to the community variation between my sites. Qiime2 d…

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## [RDP's Framebot integration to Qiime 2](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/rdps-framebot-integration-to-qiime-2/2229)

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**Author:** [@steff1088](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/steff1088)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/rdps-framebot-integration-to-qiime-2/2229 "2017-12-15T21:36:23Z")

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Hi all, I was looking into a possible integration of the RDP program Framebot into my qiime 2 workflow. Here some info about Framebot: GitHub - rdpstaff/Framebot at 32cac097904e7c650ca73612b448d016cd543e6b The framebot…

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## [LSMatFormat file](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/lsmatformat-file/1989)

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**Author:** [@ekopylova](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/ekopylova)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/lsmatformat-file/1989 "2017-11-28T18:10:40Z")

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Hello, I'm trying to import a distance matrix generated outside of QIIME. I'm receiving the following error: $ qiime tools import --type DistanceMatrix --input-path ../gene.dm.order.txt --output-path ../qiime2/gene.dm.…
