# Relatedness supplied as  resemblances

Note the alternative means of supplying the variable information, to these dissimilarity measures and the biodiversity indices of Section [15](https://learninghub.primer-e.com/books/primer-v7-user-manual-tutorial/chapter/15-biodiversity-measures-and-tests-diverse-taxdtest), which is now available in PRIMER 7. In the Variable Relationship dialog box, Type•Resemblance>**Details** now requires specification of a numeric among-species resemblance matrix which could be constructed from genetic, functional, etc. data, but is illustrated here by first creating a species distance matrix through the Linnean tree with **Analyse>Similarity** when the aggregation file <ins>Groundfish taxonomy</ins> is the active window. This takes you to a similar Taxonomy dialog box as above and creates sheet *Resem2* of among-species distances 20, 40, 60, 80, 100. The Linnean tree could be viewed by **Analyse>Cluster** (next section) on <ins>Resem2</ins>, or in alternative format by **Tools>Tree** on <ins>Groundfish taxonomy</ins>. When <ins>Resem2</ins> is supplied as the Variable resemblance worksheet from **Details**, the same $\Gamma^+$ matrix results, naturally.

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