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RRphylo (version 2.5.0)

DataCetaceans: Example dataset

Description

Cetaceans' body and brain mass, and phylogenetic tree (Serio et al. 2019).

Usage

data(DataCetaceans)

Arguments

Format

A list containing:

treecet

Cetaceans phylogenetic tree

.
masscet

numeric vector of cetaceans body masses (ln g)

.
brainmasscet

numeric vector of cetaceans brain masses (ln g)

.
aceMyst

body mass (ln g) for Mystacodon selenensis, used as node prior at the ancestor of the Mysticeti

.

References

Serio, C., Castiglione, S., Tesone, G., Piccolo, M., Melchionna, M., Mondanaro, A., Di Febbraro, M., & Raia, P. (2019). Macroevolution of Toothed Whales Exceptional Relative Brain Size. Evolutionary Biology, 46: 332-342. doi:10.1007/s11692-019-09485-7