Hi, I want to run some comparative methods in R (ace, fitDiscrete, etc) on a categorical trait that has 6 states.
My problem is that certain taxa are polymorphic for this trait (they have multiple states). Is there a way to code polymorphisms in R? I know you can code polymorphisms in Mesquite (e.g., 1&2) and in Bayestraits (e.g., 12), but I cannot seem to find a description on how to code similar data in R. Importing polymorphic data from Mesquite (read.nexus) doesn't appear to be an option. I plan to run the analyzes coding the trait as 6 independent binary traits, but I wanted to see if it was possible to run it as a polymorphic multistate trait as well. Thanks! Charlie Duke University Department of Biology 125 Science Drive Durham NC 27708 CP (605) 553-1057 [email protected] http://www.duke.edu/~cgw6/ [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-sig-phylo mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-phylo
