Phylogenetic tree of 23 Australian sphenorphine skinks - including at least one representative of all genera.

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skinktree

laser implements maximum likelihood methods based on the birth-death
	process to test whether diversification rates have changed over time and whether rates vary among lineages.

Dan Rabosky

laser

Likelihood Analysis of Speciation/Extinction Rates from Phylogenies

skinktree function

Rabosky, D. L., S. C. Donnellan, A. L. Talaba, and I. J. Lovette. 2007. Exceptional among-lineage variation in diversification rates during the radiation of Australia's largest vertebrate clade. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. Ser. B 274:2915-2923.

skinktree: Phylogenetic tree of Australian sphenomorphine skink genera

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