Dear all,

I have a simple problem with my batch file:
Let's say I define the following tree
Code:

Tree MyTree = ((b1,b2)b3,(b4,b5)b6); 

And I define all parameters as global in my model, except for two of them, t for the branch lengths, and another parameter sc.
Now, I want b1, b2 and b3 to share the same value of sc, and similarly for b4, b5 and b6.
I tried:
Code:

MyTree.b2.sc := MyTree.b1.sc; 

etc., but it does not seem to work.




Similarly, I also tried to define two models, M1 and M2, where M1 uses sc, while M2 uses sc2. Both sc and sc2 are in this case defined as global variables.
Then I set:
Code:

Tree MyTree = ((b1{M1},b2{M1})b3{M1},(b4{M2},b5{M2})b6{M2}); 

But this also does not seem to work. I get different values for MyTree.b1.sc and MyTree.b2.sc. Also, convergence gets almost always stuck in non-optimal values.




Do you know what I am doing wrong (or could you suggest me some example to look at)?


Thanks, and Best Regards,
Nicola De Maio

Hi Sergei,

Thanks for the reply, I attached a summary of the batch file without some of the details, on one hand to keep the file short, on the other hand because we don't feel too safe (the work is not yet published, but I can email you the working batch file and the data if you have time to look at the details and you think it is needed).

Anyway, I think the problem is very simple and has to do with the way I defined the constraints on parameter "s" for branches of the same clade. This approach converges to a meaningful likelihood maximum, but when I plot MyTree1.b1.s and MyTree.b3.s I see different values, although I set
Code:

MyTree1.b1.s := MyTree1.b3.s; 

in the file.

I don't want to spam, but in case you want to see the second approach I was using, I can post it too.

Thanks again,

Nicola De Maio