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ls.tree

Least squares branch lengths for a given tree

Description

Computes the least squares branch lengths conditioned on a topology and distance matrix. Generally intended as a function to be used internally by optim.phylo.ls.

Usage

ls.tree(tree, D)

Arguments

`tree`	phylogeny.
`D`	distance matrix.

Value

A tree with branch lengths.

Author(s)

Liam Revell liam.revell@umb.edu

References

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

phytools

Phylogenetic Tools for Comparative Biology (and Other Things)

v0.7-70

GPL (>= 2)

Authors

Liam J. Revell

Initial release

2020-9-19