[Mesquitelist] likelihood reconstruction of CHANGES as well as states

[David Fitch]

Dear Mesquite Users/Designers,

For a matrix of categorical (discrete) binary characters, how does  
one output a table that details the likelihood reconstruction of  
character-state CHANGE PROBABILITIES ("losses" and "gains") in each  
character and each branch?

I see that Mesquite can output a table of the probabilities of HAVING  
a particular state at each branch for each character (Analysis >  
TraceAllCharacters).  And I see that Mesquite can output a table of  
changes occurring across a (or many) tree(s) for ONE particular  
character at a time (Taxa&Trees > SummarizeStateChangesOverTrees),  
which apparently depends on the "Likelihood Decision Threshold".   
However, I cannot figure out how to output a table of CHANGE  
PROBABILITIES for EACH branch for EACH character.

In the table I envision, for example, each character would be  
represented by a row.
Each branch (node) would be represented by a pair of columns:
   the 1st column with the number of (or probability of) gains,
   the 2nd column with the number of (or probability of) losses.

Any ideas would be very welcome!
thanks,
David Fitch

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