multiC: Returns a list with phylogenetic VCV matrix for each mapped...

In phytools: Phylogenetic Tools for Comparative Biology (and Other Things)

Returns a list with phylogenetic VCV matrix for each mapped state

Description

Computes phylogenetic covariance matrices from a "simmap" object.

Usage

multiC(tree, internal=FALSE)

Arguments

tree	an object of class "simmap" consisting of a phylogeny with a mapped discrete character.
internal	logical value indicating whether or not internal nodes should be returned.

Details

This function takes a modified "phylo" object as input and returns a set of so-called phylogenetic covariance matrices (e.g., see vcv.phylo) as a list: one for each mapped state.

Used internally by multiple phytools functions, such as brownie.lite.

Value

A list of matrices.

Author(s)

Liam Revell [e-mail]

References

Revell, L. J. (2024) phytools 2.0: an updated R ecosystem for phylogenetic comparative methods (and other things). PeerJ, 12, e16505.

See Also

evolvcv.lite, read.simmap, vcvPhylo, vcv.phylo

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