compare.chronograms {phytools}

Compares two chronograms with precisely matching nodes in a visual manner

Description

Creates a visual comparison of two chronograms that differ in edge lengths but not topology.

Usage

compare.chronograms(t1, t2, ...)

Arguments

t1

object of class "phylo".

t2

object of class "phylo" that matches t1 precisely in topology & node rotations, but differs in edge lengths.

...

optional arguments.

Details

This function plots two trees, with semi-transparent colors by default, & uses arrows to highlight differences in depth of corresponding nodes between the trees.

Value

Function creates a plot.

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.