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laser
implements maximum likelihood methods based on the birth-death
process to test whether diversification rates have changed over time. The package
permits batch processing of phylogenies to generate null distributions of test statistics
and posterior distributions of parameter estimates. Additional functions for manipulating
branching times from molecular phylogenies and for simulating branching times are provided.
Dan Rabosky DLR32@cornell.edu
Rabosky, D. L. 2006. Likelihood methods for inferring temporal shifts in diversification rates.