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iteRates: An R package for implementing a parametric rate comparison on phylogenetic trees

Evolutionary Bioinformatics, ISSN: 1176-9343, Vol: 10, Issue: 10, Page: 127-130
2014
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Patterns of diversification rate variation detected in phylogenetic hypotheses are frequently used to infer historical, ecological, and evolutionary processes. The parametric rate comparison (PRC) is a method for detecting rate variation in trees that models branch lengths as random variables drawn from familiar statistical distributions. iteRates is a library of functions for the R statistical computing environment for implementing PRC on phylogenetic trees. Here, we describe some of the functions in iteRates for subtree identification, tree manipulation, applying the PRC and K-clades PRC analyses, and conducting a whole-tree randomization test. © the authors, publisher and licensee libertas academica limited.

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