title: apTreeshape: statistical analysis of phylogenetic tree shape.
abstract: apTreeshape is a R package dedicated to simulation and analysis of phylogenetic tree topologies using statistical imbalance measures. It is a companion library of the R package 'ape', which provides additional functions for reading, plotting, manipulating phylogenetic trees and for connecting to public phylogenetic tree databases. One strength of the package is to include appropriate corrections of classical shape statistics as well as new tests based on the statistical theory of likelihood ratios.
authors.affiliation: Team of Mathematical Biology (TIMB), TIMC, Faculty of Medicine, F38706 La Tronche, France.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bortolussi
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Durand
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blum
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: François
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D005828:Genetics, Population / Q000379:methods*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010375:Pedigree; D010802:Phylogeny; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software