Analysis of Phylogenetics and Evolution with R (eBook)
XII, 211 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-0-387-35100-1 (ISBN)
This book integrates a wide variety of data analysis methods into a single and flexible interface: the R language. The book starts with a presentation of different R packages and gives a short introduction to R for phylogeneticists unfamiliar with this language. The basic phylogenetic topics are covered. The chapter on tree drawing uses R's powerful graphical environment. A section deals with the analysis of diversification with phylogenies, one of the author's favorite research topics. The last chapter is devoted to the development of phylogenetic methods with R and interfaces with other languages (C and C++). Some exercises conclude these chapters.
As a result, the inference of phylogenies often seems divorced from any connection to other methods of analysis of scienti?c data. Felsenstein Once calculation became easy, the statistician's energies could be - voted to understanding his or her dataset. Venables & Ripley The study of the evolution of life on Earth stands as one of the most complex ?elds in science. It involves observations from very di?erent sources, and has implications far beyond the domain of basic science. It is concerned with processes occurring on very long time spans, and we now know that it is also important for our daily lives as shown by the rapid evolution of many pathogens. As a ?eld ecologist, for a long time I was remotely interested in phylo- netics and other approaches to evolution. Most of the work I accomplished during my doctoral studies involved ?eld studies of small mammals and es- mation of demographic parameters. Things changed in 1996 when my interest was attracted by the question of the e?ect of demographic parameters on bird diversi?cation. This was a new issue for me, so I searched for relevant data analysis methods, but I failed to ?nd exactly what I needed. I started to conduct my own research on this problem to propose some, at least partial, solutions. This work made me realize that this kind of research critically - pends on the available software, and it was clear to me that what was o?ered to phylogeneticists at this time was inappropriate.
First Steps in R for Phylogeneticists.- Phylogenetic Data in R.- Plotting Phylogenies.- Phylogeny Estimation.- Analysis of Macroevolution with Phylogenies.- Developing and Implementing Phylogenetic Methods in R.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.11.2006 |
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Reihe/Serie | Use R! | Use R! |
Zusatzinfo | XII, 211 p. 50 illus. |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Statistik |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie | |
Technik | |
Schlagworte | Adaptation • Bioinformatics • Biology • Computer systems • Data Analysis • Databases • Evolution • evolutionary biology • Genetics • Molecular Evolution • phylogenetic analyses • Phylogenie • Phylogeny • Statistics |
ISBN-10 | 0-387-35100-0 / 0387351000 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-387-35100-1 / 9780387351001 |
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