ConAr : continuous character ancestral reconstruction

current version: 0.02b

current methods implemented

  • Schluter ML
  • Martins Rate Estimation
  • (more in development)

the manual gives the usage details and is distributed with the package

currently reads Phylip style input files and tree files, but others are in development.

download: conar02.tar.gz

references for methods

  • Schluter, D., T. Price, A. Mooers, and D. Ludwig. 1997. Likelihood of Ancestor States in Adaptive Radiation. Evolution 51:1699-1711.
  • Martins, E. P. 1994. Estimating the Rate of Phenotypic Evolution from Comparative Data. Am Nat 144(2):193-209.

citation:

Smith, S. A. ConAr: Continuous character ancestral reconstruction. http://blackrim.org/programs/conar.html