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phytools (version 0.2-40)

Phylogenetic Tools for comparative biology (and other things)

Description

phytools provides various functions for phylogenetic analysis, mostly relevant to comparative biology.

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install.packages('phytools')

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0.2-40

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GPL (>= 2)

Maintainer

Liam Revell

Last Published

April 8th, 2013

Functions in phytools (0.2-40)

anc.Bayes

Bayesian ancestral character estimation
allFurcTrees

Generate all bi- and multifurcating unrooted trees
fancyTree

Plots special types of phylogenetic trees
branching.diffusion

Animation of branching random diffusion
vcvPhylo

Calculates cophenetic (i.e., phylogenetic VCV) matrix
applyBranchLengths

Applies the branch lengths of a reference tree to a target
pgls.Ives

Phylogenetic regression with intraspecific sampling error
repPhylo

Replicate a tree into a list of trees
posterior.evolrate

Analysis of the posterior sample from evol.rate.mcmc
roundBranches

Rounds the branch lengths of a tree
sim.corrs

Multivariate Brownian simulation with multiple correlations and rates
sim.history

Simulate stochastic character history under some model
add.color.bar

Add color bar to a plot
ancThresh

Ancestral character estimation under the threshold model using Bayesian MCMC
ave.rates

Average the posterior rates
anc.trend

Ancestral character estimation with a trend
lambda.transform

Lambda transformation of matrix
mrp.supertree

Matrix representation parsimony supertree estimation
findMRCA

Get the MRCA of a set of taxa
getStates

Get the states at nodes or tips from a mapped tree
phylANOVA

Phylogenetic ANOVA and post-hoc tests
plotTree

Plots rooted phylogenetic tree
sampleFrom

Sample from a set of distributions
phyl.pca

Phylogenetic principal components analysis
brownieREML

REML version of brownie.lite
brownie.lite

Likelihood test for rate variation
evol.vcv

Likelihood test for variation in the evolutionary VCV matrix
countSimmap

Counts the number of character changes on a SIMMAP style tree or set of trees
gammatest

Gamma test of Pybus & Harvey (2000)
fastBM

Fast Brownian simulation
minSplit

Finding the minimum (median) split in the posterior sample
ls.tree

Least squares branch lengths for a given tree
map.overlap

Proportional overlap between two mapped character histories on a tree
fastAnc

Fast estimation of ML ancestral states
phytools-package

phytools: Phylogenetic Tools for comparative biology (and other things)
sim.ratebystate

Conduct simulation of state dependent rate variation
threshState

Computes value for a threshold character from a liability and thresholds
contMap

Map continuous trait evolution on the tree
bind.tip

Attaches a new tip to a tree
getExtant

Returns a list of the extant or extinct lineages in a tree containing non-contemporaneous tips
phyl.resid

Phylogenetic size-correction via GLS regression
describe.simmap

Summarizes a stochastic mapped tree or set of trees
phyloDesign

Compute design matrix for least squares analyses
splitTree

Split tree at a point
untangle

Attempts to untangle crossing branches for plotting
expm

Matrix exponential
likMlambda

Likelihood for joint lambda
phyl.cca

Phylogenetic canonical correlation analysis
drop.clade

Drop clade from a tree
make.simmap

Simulate stochastic character maps on a phylogenetic tree or trees
phylomorphospace

Creates phylomorphospace plot
phylomorphospace3d

Creates phylomorphospace plot
plotSimmap

Plot stochastic character mapped tree
reorderSimmap

Reorder edges of a simmap tree
plotBranchbyTrait

Plot branch colors by a quantitative trait or value
phylosig

Compute phylogenetic signal with two methods
estDiversity

Estimate diversity at each node of the tree
export.as.xml

Export trees & data in XML format
splitplotTree

Plots a phylogeny in two columns
threshDIC

Deviance Information Criterion from the threshold model
fitBayes

Evolutionary model fitting with intraspecific variability using Bayesian MCMC
getSisters

Get the sister node, label, or set of nodes for a node or tip
treeSlice

Slices the tree at a particular point and returns all subtrees
orderMappedEdge

Order the columns of mapped.edge to match across trees
phenogram

Plot phenogram (traitgram)
phyl.pairedttest

Phylogenetic paired t-test
exhaustiveMP

Exhaustive and branch & bound MP optimization
ratebystate

Method for investigating the rate of one trait as a function of the state of another
write.simmap

Write a stochastic character mapped tree to file
read.simmap

Read SIMMAP style trees from file
sim.rates

Brownian simulation with multiple evolutionary rates
add.everywhere

Add tip to all edges in a tree
anc.ML

Ancestral character estimation using likelihood
evolvcv.lite

Likelihood test for a shift in the evolutionary correlation between traits
multiC

Returns a list with phylogenetic VCV matrix for each mapped state
paste.tree

Paste two trees together
paintSubTree

Paint sub-trees with a discrete character
optim.phylo.ls

Phylogeny inference using the least squares method
fastMRCA

Get the MRCA of a pair of tip taxa
phyl.vcv

Compute evolutionary VCV matrix for a tree & dataset
rstate

Pick a random state according to a vector of probabilities
writeNexus

Write a tree to file in Nexus format
evol.rate.mcmc

Bayesian MCMC method for identifying exceptional phenotypic diversification in a phylogeny
drop.tip.simmap

Drop tip from SIMMAP format tree
fitDiversityModel

Fit diversity-dependent phenotypic evolution model
nodeHeights

Compute the heights above the root of each node
rescaleSimmap

Rescale SIMMAP style tree
reroot

Re-root a tree along an edge
plotThresh

Tree plotting with posterior probabilities of ancestral states from the threshold model
pbtree

Simulate pure-birth stochastic tree or trees
phyl.RMA

Phylogenetic reduced major axis (RMA) regression
make.era.map

Create "era" map on a phylogenetic tree
threshBayes

Threshold model using Bayesian MCMC
xkcdTree

Plot xkcd style tree
add.random

Add tips at random to the tree
bmPlot

Simulates and visualizes discrete-time Brownian evolution on a phylogeny
densityMap

Plot posterior density of stochastic mapping on a tree
getDescendants

Get descendant node numbers
multi.mantel

Multiple matrix regression (partial Mantel test)
ltt

Creates lineage-through-time plot (including extinct lineages)
matchNodes

Matches nodes between two trees
read.newick

Read Newick style tree
rerootingMethod

Get marginal ancestral state reconstructions by re-rooting
writeAncestors

Write a tree to file with ancestral states and (optionally) CIs at nodes
starTree

Create star phylogeny