extract.sister {PhySim}R Documentation

Extract sister species pairs

Description

Extracts node ages for sister species pairs (cherries) from phylogenetic trees

Usage

extract.sister(phy, ages = TRUE)

Arguments

phy an object of class phylo
ages an undeveloped option which should not be altered

Value

returns a list of sister species ages.

Author(s)

Dolph Schluter

References

Weir, J. T. and Schluter, D. 2007. Science in press

Examples

 tree <- birthdeath.tree(b=0.3, d=0, T=10)
 extract.sister(tree, ages=TRUE)

[Package PhySim version 1.0 Index]