[R-sig-phylo] differing sigma2 results

2012-02-11 Thread Pascal Title
Hello all I am trying to calculate sigma2 values for a clade, using 4 PCA axes as my characters. I first wanted to figure out if my data better fit a BM model or an OU1 model of evolution. So I compared AICc values using the fitContinuous function in Geiger. I found the following: BM

Re: [R-sig-phylo] differing sigma2 results

2012-02-11 Thread Liam J. Revell
Hi Pascal. The first clue is the the length of your tree is exactly the same as the ratio of your two sets of rates. This suggests that OUCH is first rescaling the tree to unit length. Let's see if this explains your results, just working with your first character: