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Dataset providing the extensive time-calibrated phylogeny of extant ponerine ants using an old calibration for illustrative purposes

Source: R/datasets_doc.R
Ponerinae_tree_old_calib.Rd

A phylo object describing the time-calibrated phylogeny of the 1534 extant ponerine ants (Ponerinae subfamily). This is NOT a properly time-calibrated phylogeny. It uses an ill-designed old calibration for illustrative purposes. For a proper time-calibrated phylogeny of ponerine ants, see the Ponerinae_tree object in deepSTRAPP.

Source: Doré, M., Borowiec, M. L., Branstetter, M. G., Camacho, G. P., Fisher, B. L., Longino, J. T., Ward, P. S., Blaimer, B. B. (2025). Evolutionary history of ponerine ants highlights how the timing of dispersal events shapes modern biodiversity. Nature Communications, 16, 8297. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63709-3

Usage

data(Ponerinae_tree_old_calib)

Format

A phylo object with 4 elements.

Details

A time-calibrated phylogeny as a phylo object with 4 elements.

  • $edge Matrix of integers. Defines the tree topology by providing rootward and tipward node ID of each edge.

  • $edge.length Vector of numerical. Length of edges/branches.

  • $Nnode Integer. Number of internal nodes.

  • $tip.label Vector of character strings. Labels of all tips.

References

Doré, M., Borowiec, M. L., Branstetter, M. G., Camacho, G. P., Fisher, B. L., Longino, J. T., Ward, P. S., Blaimer, B. B. (2025). Evolutionary history of ponerine ants highlights how the timing of dispersal events shapes modern biodiversity. Nature Communications, 16, 8297. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63709-3