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phytools (version 2.3-0)

compare.chronograms: Compares two chronograms with precisely matching nodes in a visual manner

Description

Creates a visual comparison of two chronograms that differ in edge lengths but not topology.

Usage

compare.chronograms(t1, t2, ...)

Value

Function creates a plot.

Arguments

t1

object of class "phylo".

t2

object of class "phylo" that matches t1 precisely in topology & node rotations, but differs in edge lengths.

...

optional arguments.

Author

Liam Revell liam.revell@umb.edu

Details

This function plots two trees, with semi-transparent colors by default, & uses arrows to highlight differences in depth of corresponding nodes between the trees.

References

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