Analysis of Phylogenetics and Evolution with R

• Main Author: Paradis, Emmanuel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Series: Use R
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Bioinformatics.; Evolutionary biology.; Statistics.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Evolutionary Biology.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.

The increasing availability of molecular and genetic databases coupled with the growing power of computers gives biologists opportunities to address new issues, such as the patterns of molecular evolution, and re-assess old ones, such as the role of adaptation in species diversification. This book i...

Table of Contents:

• 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.