+\name{ape-package}
+\alias{ape-package}
+\alias{ape}
+\docType{package}
+\title{
+Analyses of Phylogenetics and Evolution
+}
+\description{
+ \pkg{ape} provides functions for reading and manipulating phylogenetic
+ trees and DNA sequences, computing DNA distances, estimating trees
+ with distance-based methods, and a range of methods for comparative
+ analyses and analysis of diversification. Functionalities are also
+ provided for programming new phylogenetic methods.
+
+ The complete list of functions can be displayed with
+ \code{library(help = "splines")}.
+
+ More information on \pkg{ape} can be at \url{http://ape.mpl.ird.fr/}.
+}
+
+\author{
+ Emmanuel Paradis, Ben Bolker, Julien Claude, Hoa Sien Cuong, Richard
+ Desper, Benoit Durand, Julien Dutheil, Olivier Gascuel, Gangolf Jobb,
+ Christoph Heibl, Vincent Lefort, Jim Lemon, Yvonnick Noel, Johan
+ Nylander, Rainer Opgen-Rhein, Korbinian Strimmer, Damien de Vienne
+
+ Maintainer: Emmanuel Paradis <Emmanuel.Paradis@ird.fr>
+}
+\references{
+ Paradis, E. (2006) \emph{Analyses of Phylogenetics and Evolution with
+ R}. Springer, New York.
+
+ Paradis, E., Claude, J. and Strimmer, K. (2004) APE: analyses of
+ phylogenetics and evolution in R language. \emph{Bioinformatics},
+ \bold{20}, 289--290.
+}
+\keyword{package}