phytools: rescaleSimmap – R documentation

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rescaleSimmap

Rescale SIMMAP style tree

Description

This function scales a tree with a mapped discrete character to an arbitrary total height, preserving the relative time spent in each state along each edge.

Usage

rescaleSimmap(tree, ...)

Arguments

`tree`	a phylogenetic tree in modified `"phylo"` format with a discrete character mapping (e.g., see `read.simmap` or `make.simmap`).
`...`	other arguments, such as `depth`.

Details

Replaces rescaleTree (now rescale.phylo) in the 'geiger' package for SIMMAP style trees.

Value

A phylogenetic tree in modified "phylo" format.

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.