some modifs for ape 3.0-8

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+               CHANGES IN APE VERSION 3.0-8
+
+
+NEW FEATURES
+
+    o ace() gains a new option 'use.expm' to use expm() from the
+      package of the same name in place of matexpo().
+
+
+BUG FIXES
+
+    o read.dna(, "fasta") may add '\r' in labels: this is fixed.
+
+
+
                CHANGES IN APE VERSION 3.0-7
 
 
 NEW FEATURES
 
-      The new function chronos ..........
+    o The new function chronos estimates chronograms by penalised
+      likelihood and maximum likelihood with a completely reworked
+      code and interface. There is a new function makeChronosCalib to
+      set the calibration points easily. chronos() will eventually
+      replace chronopl().
 
     o The new function 'where' searches patterns in DNA sequences.
 
@@ -36,9 +55,8 @@ OTHER CHANGES
 
     o base.freq() is now faster with lists.
 
-      as.matrix.DNAbin() ............ should be faster.... now accepts vectors,
-
-      read.dna() has a new for FASTA files............. faster C code.
+    o as.matrix.DNAbin() should be faster and more efficient with
+      lists; it now accepts vectors.
 
 
 
@@ -480,7 +498,7 @@ NEW FEATURES
     o base.freq() gains an option 'all' to count all the possible bases
       including the ambiguous ones (defaults to FALSE).
 
-    o read.nexus() now writes tree names in the NEXUS file if given a
+    o write.nexus() now writes tree names in the NEXUS file if given a
       list of trees with names.