phytools (version 0.2-1)

mrp.supertree: Matrix representation parsimony supertree estimation

Description

This function estimates the MRP supertree from a set of trees.

Usage

mrp.supertree(phy, weights=NULL)

Arguments

phy

an object of class "multiPhylo" (i.e., a list of trees).

weights

not used.

Value

• a "phylo" or "multiPhylo" object that is the MP or set of MP MRP trees.

Details

Function uses pratchet from the "phangorn" package (Schliep 2011) and prop.part from the "ape" package (Paradis et al. 2004).

References

Felsenstein, J. 2004. Inferring Phylogenies. Sinauer. Paradis, E., J. Claude, and K. Strimmer. 2004. APE: Analyses of phylogenetics and evolution in R language. Bioinformatics, 20, 289--290. Schliep, K. P. 2011. phangorn: phylogenetic analysis in R. Bioinformatics, 27, 592-593.

See Also

exhaustiveMP, optim.parsimony, pratchet