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phytools (version 0.4-31)

locate.yeti: Locate a cryptic, recently extinct, or missing taxon on a tree

Description

This function uses ML to place a recently extinct, cryptic, or missing taxon on an ultrametric tree.

Usage

locate.yeti(tree, X, ...)

Arguments

tree
an object of class "phylo".
X
a matrix with continuous character data.
...
optional arguments including: method ("heuristic" or "exhaustive"); constraint, a vector containing the daughter node numbers from tree$edge for each edge to try.

Value

  • Optimized tree as an object of class "phylo".

References

Felsenstein, J. (1981) Maximum likelihood estimation of evolutionary trees from continuous characters. American Journal of Human Genetics, 25, 471-492.