| ratematrix | R Documentation | 
estimating the evolutionary or phylogenetic variance-covariance matrix
ratematrix(phy, dat)
| phy | a phylogenetic tree of class 'phylo' | 
| dat | a named vector or matrix of continuous trait values, associated with species in  | 
If given dat for n quantitative variables, this function returns the estimated evolutionary variance-covariance matrix of the variables under a multivariate Brownian motion model.  Note that other evolutionary models may be possible if the tree is first transformed (see rescale.phylo and Examples).  If you have n characters in your analysis, this will be an nxn matrix. Diagonal elements represent rate estimates for individual characters, while off-diagonal elements represent the estimated covariance between two characters.
LJ Harmon
Revell, L. J., L. J. Harmon, R. B. Langerhans, and J. J. Kolbe. 2007. A phylogenetic approach to determining the importance of constraint on phenotypic evolution in the neotropical lizard, Anolis cristatellus. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9: 261-282.
geo <- get(data(geospiza)) ## EVOLUTIONARY VCV ratematrix(geo$phy, geo$dat) ## EVOLUTIONARY VCV -- assuming speciational model kphy <- rescale(geo$phy, "kappa", 0) ratematrix(kphy, geo$dat) geo <- get(data(geospiza)) ## EVOLUTIONARY VCV ratematrix(geo$phy, geo$dat) ## EVOLUTIONARY VCV -- assuming speciational model kphy <- rescale(geo$phy, "kappa", 0) ratematrix(kphy, geo$dat)
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