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APE: Analyses of Phylogenetics and Evolution in R language
Emmanuel Paradis1, Julien Claude, Korbinian Strimmer
1Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Paléobiologie and Phylogénie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université Montpellier II, F-34095 Montpellier cédex 05, France. paradis@isem.univ-montp2.fr
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
|January 22, 2004
Summary
The Analysis of Phylogenetics and Evolution (APE) package in R offers tools for phylogenetic tree manipulation and evolutionary analyses. It integrates with R
Area of Science:
- * Evolutionary biology
- * Molecular evolution
- * Bioinformatics
Background:
- * The Analysis of Phylogenetics and Evolution (APE) is an R package.
- * It is freely available under the GNU General Public License.
- * APE is accessible via the official R package archive.
Purpose of the Study:
- * To provide a comprehensive R package for phylogenetic and evolutionary analyses.
- * To offer utility functions for data handling and phylogenetic tree manipulation.
- * To facilitate the development and implementation of advanced statistical methods in evolutionary biology.
Main Methods:
- * Utilizes the R programming language for statistical and graphical functions.
- * Implements various advanced methods for phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis.
- * Includes comparative and population genetic methods.
Main Results:
- * APE offers a flexible framework for analyzing evolutionary processes.
- * The package enhances the analysis of molecular evolution and phylogenetics.
- * It integrates seamlessly with existing R statistical and graphical capabilities.
Conclusions:
- * APE is a valuable, free resource for researchers in phylogenetics and evolutionary biology.
- * The package supports a wide range of analyses, from basic data manipulation to complex evolutionary modeling.
- * Its integration with R promotes further statistical method development in the field.