Adopting r as a main tool for phylogenetic analyses will ease the workflow in biologists data analyses ensure greater scientific repeatability and enhance the exchange of ideas and methodological developments the second edition is completely updated covering the full gamut of r packages for this area that have been introduced to the market since its previous publication five years ago there is also a new chapter on the simulation of evolutionary data. Analysis of phylogenetics and evolution with r use r amazonde paradis emmanuel fremdsprachige bucher. The book starts with a presentation of different r packages and gives a short introduction to r for phylogeneticists unfamiliar with this language the basic phylogenetic topics are covered manipulation of phylogenetic data phylogeny estimation tree drawing phylogenetic comparative methods and estimation of ancestral characters the chapter on tree drawing uses rs powerful graphical environment a section deals with the analysis of diversification with phylogenies one of the authors . Analysis of phylogenetics and evolution with r authors emmanuel paradis series title use r copyright 2012 publisher springer verlag new york copyright holder springer science business media llc ebook isbn 978 1 4614 1743 9 doi 101007 978 1 4614 1743 9 softcover isbn 978 1 4614 1742 2 series issn 2197 5736 edition number 2 number of pages xiv 386