| CharacterInformation {TreeTools} | R Documentation |
CharacterInformation() calculates the phylogenetic information content
of a given character.
CharacterInformation(tokens)
tokens |
Character vector specifying the tokens assigned to each taxon for
a character. Example: Note that ambiguous tokens such as |
CharacterInformation() returns a numeric specifying the
phylogenetic information content of the character (sensu Steel & Penny
2006), in bits.
Martin R. Smith (martin.smith@durham.ac.uk)
Steel MA, Penny D (2006). “Maximum parsimony and the phylogenetic information in multistate characters.” In Albert VA (ed.), Parsimony, Phylogeny, and Genomics, 163–178. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Other split information functions:
SplitInformation(),
SplitMatchProbability(),
TreesMatchingSplit(),
UnrootedTreesMatchingSplit()