ape (version 1.9-1)

discrete.dist: Taxonomic Level from a Pairwise Distances Matrix

Description

Takes all distances in dist and set TRUE if the distance is < sup and >= inf. Sends the resulting boolean matrix.

Usage

discrete.dist(dist, inf, sup)

Arguments

dist
The pairwise distances matrix
inf
The lower bound of the class to use
sup
The upper bound of the class to use

Value

  • a boolean matrix of same size than dist.

See Also

weight.taxo and cophenetic.phylo for other distances. This function is used in correlogram.phylo.