genYuleTree {poweRbal}R Documentation

Generation of rooted binary trees under the Yule model

Description

genYuleTree - Generates a rooted binary tree in phylo format with the given number of n leaves under the Yule model. The Yule process is a simple birth-process in which all species have the same speciation rate.

Usage

genYuleTree(n)

Arguments

n

Integer value that specifies the desired number of leaves, i.e., vertices with in-degree 1 and out-degree 0.
Due to the restrictions of the phylo or multiphylo format, the number of leaves must be at least 2 since there must be at least one edge.

Value

genYuleTree A single tree of class phylo is returned.

References

Examples

genYuleTree(n = 5)

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