pureBirth {laser} | R Documentation |
Fits pure birth (Yule) model to set of branching times
pureBirth(x)
x |
a numeric vector of branching times |
A list containing the following elements:
LH |
the log-likelihood at the maximum |
aic |
the Akaike Information Criterion |
r1 |
the speciation rate giving the maximum log-likelihood |
Dan Rabosky DLR32@cornell.edu
Nee, S. 2001. Inferring speciation rates from phylogenies. Evolution 55:661-668.
Yule, G. U. 1924. A mathematical theory of evolution based on the conclusions of Dr. J. C. Willis. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 213:21-87.
data("plethodon") ### loads branching times for plethodontid salamander dataset pureBirth(plethodon)