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Integrative Biology 200B                                                                                                                                                        Spring 2009

 

"PRINCIPLES OF PHYLOGENETICS:  ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION"

 

Lab Prep 6: Phylogenetic Contrasts in R

This is the lab prep for Tues February 18

This lab has a number of updates since it was posted before lab:

a) Also download the package mvnormtest from CRAN

b) If you have a Mac, you also have to download the package vegan

b) There is an updated version of   test.mvn.R

c) The lab itself has been updated  [Handout]

1. Update to the Latest Version of ape. Make sure you do not have any packages loaded when you update.

2. You must have all the software and downloads from the previous labs, and you must complete the lab. [Lab Prep] [Handout]

3. Download the packages, mnormt, mvnormtest, vegan and picante from CRAN

4. Download the following R scripts:
                              diagnostics.R
                              diagnostics2.R
                              test.mvn.R
                              traitsim.R
   

5. Download this file PIC.assignment