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phytools (version 0.7-70)

threshState: Computes value for a threshold character from a liability and thresholds

Description

Primarily to be used internally by ancThresh; can also be used to simulate threshold traits.

Usage

threshState(x, thresholds)

Arguments

x

liability.

thresholds

a named vector containing the thresholds.

Value

A discrete character value.

References

Revell, L. J. (2012) phytools: An R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things). Methods Ecol. Evol., 3, 217-223.

Revell, L. J. (2014) Ancestral character estimation under the threshold model from quantitative genetics. Evolution, 68, 743-759.

See Also

ancThresh, threshDIC