TreeSearch: Morphological Phylogenetic Analysis in R

TreeSearch is an R package for phylogenetic analysis, optimized discrete character data. Tree search may be conducted using equal or implied step weights with explicit (albeit inexact) allowance inapplicable entries, avoiding some of the pitfalls inherent in standard parsimony methods. Profile and user-specified optimality criteria are supported. A graphical interface, which requires no familiarity R, designed to help a user improve quality datasets through critical review underpinning codings; obtain additional information from results by identifying summarizing clusters similar trees, mapping distribution removing 'rogue' taxa that obscure underlying relationships. Taken together, aims support methodological rigour at each data collection, exploration results.