primateDNA {DAAGbio}R Documentation

Mitochondrial DNA sequence data from 14 primates

Description

Bases at 232 mitochondrial locations (not continuous), for each of 14 primates.

Usage

data(primateDNA)

Format

A matrix of 14 rows (primate species) by 232 locations.

Source

Data, originally from Masami Hasegawa, are from http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/book/primates.dna

References

Felsenstein, J. 2003. Inferring Phylogenies. Sinauer.

Examples

data(primateDNA)
## Not run: 
library(ape)
primates.dist <- dist.dna(primateDNA, model = "F84") 
primates.cmd <- cmdscale(primates.dist)
plot(primates.cmd) 
## End(Not run)

[Package DAAGbio version 0.5-2 Index]