// phyloTree.setTreeAttribute(pNewTreeAttribute);
// phyloTree.setTreeQuality(pNewTreeQuality);
int rootIndex = mesqTree.getRoot();
PhyloTreeNode rootNode = createNode(mesqTree, null, rootIndex);
phyloTree.addTreeNode(rootNode);
phyloTree.setRootNode(rootNode);
treeTraversal(mesqTree, rootIndex, rootNode);
phyloTree.updateSubtreeBounds();