MorphSim: Simulate Discrete Character Data along Phylogenetic Trees

Tools to simulate morphological traits along phylogenetic trees with branch lengths representing evolutionary distance or time. Includes functions for visualizing evolutionary processes along trees and within morphological character matrices.

Version: 1.2.0
Depends: R (≥ 3.5)
Imports: ape, FossilSim, stats, graphics, phangorn
Suggests: TreeSim, testthat (≥ 3.0.0), knitr, rmarkdown
Published: 2026-05-06
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.MorphSim
Author: Laura Mulvey [aut, cre, cph], Tim Brandler [aut, cph], Alessio Capobianco [aut, cph], Rachel Warnock [aut, cph], Joelle Barido-Sottani [aut, cph]
Maintainer: Laura Mulvey <lauramulvey479 at gmail.com>
License: GPL-3
NeedsCompilation: no
Citation: MorphSim citation info
Materials: README
CRAN checks: MorphSim results

Documentation:

Reference manual: MorphSim.html , MorphSim.pdf
Vignettes: Introduction to MorphSim (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source: MorphSim_1.2.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: MorphSim_0.1.0.zip, r-release: MorphSim_0.1.0.zip, r-oldrel: MorphSim_1.2.0.zip
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): MorphSim_1.2.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): MorphSim_1.2.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): MorphSim_1.2.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): MorphSim_1.2.0.tgz
Old sources: MorphSim archive

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