birthdeath.tree {PhySim} | R Documentation |
Simulates a birth death tree for a given time period
birthdeath.tree(b, d, T)
b |
birth or speciation rate |
d |
death or extinction rate |
T |
number of time units to simulate |
To simulate pure birth (Yule) trees set extinction to 0.
an object of class "phylo". extinct lineages are labelled "x". extant lineages at time T are numbered.
Jason T. Weir
birthdeath.simulation
to simulate a batch of trees
#to simulate a phylogenetic tree tree <- birthdeath.tree(b=0.3, d=0, T=10)