ls.tree {phytools}

Least squares branch lengths for a given tree

Description

Computes the least squares branch lengths conditioned on a topology and distance matrix.

Usage

ls.tree(tree, D)

Arguments

tree

phylogeny.

D

distance matrix.

Details

Generally intended as a function to be used internally by optim.phylo.ls.

Value

A tree with branch lengths.

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.