Dear List Members.

*Does anyone know of any code or function that can help me easily set
arbitrary branch lengths according to Nee and Pagel's methods?*
I'm trying to analyze trait data on a phylogeny with no branch lengths.

Based on archived posts, I've determined that I'd like to experiment with
setting arbitrary branch lengths of the following types:

1) All equal (1)

R CODE: compute.brlen(tree, 1)

2) Grafen's (1989): branch lengths set to a length equal to the number of
descendant tips minus one.

R CODE: compute.brlen(tree, method="Grafen")

3) Nee's Method (Purvis 1995): branch lengths set such that the distance
from the tips to the current node is equal to the log 10 of the number of
tips descending from that node

R CODE: Haven't found anything.

4) Pagel's (1992): branch lengths set such that the depth of a node is
equal to the maximum of the number of bifurcation levels of the left child
and the right child plus one.

R CODE: Haven't found anything.

Thanks!


Brian


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