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phytools (version 2.1-1)

sim.ratebystate: Conduct simulation of state dependent rate variation

Description

Simulates two characters under a model in which the rate of one depends on the state of the other.

Usage

sim.ratebystate(tree, sig2x=1, sig2y=1, beta=c(0,1), ...)

Value

This function returns a matrix.

Arguments

tree

phylogenetic tree.

sig2x

variance of the Brownian process of evolution for x, \(\sigma_x^2\).

sig2y

variance of the Brownian process of evolution for y when x-min(x)==1 (for logarithm=FALSE) or x==0 (for logarithm=TRUE).

beta

intercept and slope of the relationship between the value of x and the Brownian rate in y.

...

optional arguments which include method ("by.node" or "by.branch" indicating whether to assume the rate varies as a function of the node state or the mean branch state); plot, a logical value indicating whether or not to plot a traitgram ("phenogram") with the branches used for simulation of y after rescaling by the state of x; and logarithm, a logical value indicating whether or not simulate changes in the variance of Brownian evolution for y as an additive logarithm=FALSE or multiplicative function of x. The default is logarithm=FALSE.

Author

Liam Revell liam.revell@umb.edu

Details

This function attempts to simulate two characters under a model in which the rate of evolution for the second (y) depends on the states for the first (x).

See ratebystate for more details.

References

Revell, L. J. (2024) phytools 2.0: an updated R ecosystem for phylogenetic comparative methods (and other things). PeerJ, 12, e16505.

See Also

fastBM, ratebystate