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PIGShift (version 1.0.1)

OU.vcv: The variance covariance matrix for an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process

Description

This function returns the variance-covariance matrix corresponding to an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process run along a phylogeny

Usage

OU.vcv(phy, theta)

Arguments

phy
an ape format phylogeny
theta
the constraint parameter of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process

Value

a matrix with nrow = ncol = length(phy$tip.label), where the i,jth entry corresponds to the covariance between species i and j. NB: this is computed assuming that the rate of evolution is equal to one, and can be rescaled simply by multiplying