Analysis of Phylogenetics and Evolution with R

This book integrates a variety of data analysis methods into a single and flexible interface: the R language. Since R is a powerful and complete environment for statistics and visual display, researchers can customize the outputs to fit their requirements.

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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.