laser 2.1 released
Laser 2.1 is available on CRAN.
 
Simply type:
 
install.packages(“laser”)
 
at the R command prompt to download and install.
A manual is available here
Click here to download a detailed 14 page vignette on how to use a phylogeny of combined taxonomic/phylogenetic data to test whether diversification rates vary among lineages using functions in laser (analysis described in Rabosky et al. (2007))