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brts2phylo

Function to convert a set of branching times into a phylogeny with random topology This code is taken from the package TESS by Sebastian Hoehna, where the function is called tess.create.phylo

Description

Converting a set of branching times to a phylogeny

Usage

brts2phylo(times, root = FALSE, tip.label = NULL)

Arguments

`times`	Set of branching times
`root`	When root is FALSE, the largest branching time will be assumed to be the crown age. When root is TRUE, it will be the stem age.
`tip.label`	Tip labels. If set to NULL, the labels will be t1, t2, etc.

Value

phy

A phylogeny of the phylo type

Author(s)

Rampal S. Etienne

References

- Etienne, R.S. et al. 2012, Proc. Roy. Soc. B 279: 1300-1309, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1439
- Etienne, R.S. & B. Haegeman 2012. Am. Nat. 180: E75-E89, doi: 10.1086/667574

DDD

Diversity-Dependent Diversification

v4.4.1

GPL-3

Authors

Rampal S. Etienne & Bart Haegeman

Initial release

2021-01-14