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ouch (version 2.7-2)

ouch-package: Ornstein-Uhlenbeck methods for comparative phylogenetic hypotheses

Description

The ouch package provides facilities for Ornstein-Uhlenbeck based methods of phylogenetic comparative analysis.

Arguments

Classes

The basic class, ouchtree, is provided to encode a phylogenetic tree. Plot and print methods are provided.

The class browntree derives from class ouchtree and encodes the results of fitting a Brownian Motion model to data.

The class hansentree derives from class ouchtree and encodes the results of fitting a Hansen model to data.

References

Butler, M.A. and A.A. King (2004) Phylogenetic comparative analysis: a modeling approach for adaptive evolution. American Naturalist 164:683--695.