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Tip revision: 45ce38e27b7ac2fc9808b40a52b5db6b0a594ff0 authored by Emmanuel Paradis on 05 September 2007, 00:00:00 UTC
version 2.0-1
version 2.0-1
Tip revision: 45ce38e
branching.times.Rd
\name{branching.times}
\alias{branching.times}
\title{Branching Times of a Phylogenetic Tree}
\usage{
branching.times(phy)
}
\arguments{
\item{phy}{an object of class \code{"phylo"}.}
}
\description{
This function computes the branching times of a phylogenetic tree,
that is the distance from each node to the tips, under the assumption that
the tree is ultrametric. Note that the function does not check that the
tree is effectively ultrametric, so if it is not, the returned result
may not be meaningful.
}
\value{
a numeric vector with the branching times. If the phylogeny \code{phy}
has an element \code{node.label}, this is used as names for the
returned vector; otherwise the numbers (of mode character) of the
matrix \code{edge} of \code{phy} are used as names.
}
\author{Emmanuel Paradis \email{Emmanuel.Paradis@mpl.ird.fr}}
\seealso{
\code{\link{is.ultrametric}}
}
\keyword{manip}