Changes in version 1.9 (2018-10-20)                   

Changes:

    o   multi-trait analyses

    o   Bayesian hierarchical model implemented => multiple comparison
	solved

    o   Transition from effect size metrics to GLMs

    o   Posterior predictive checks automatic

    o   Retrospective power analysis available

    o   Stan model debugging possible

    o   Multicore speedup

    o   Phylogenetic bias quantification

    o   Data reduction with diagnostics procedure based on random
	forest

To do:

    o   Include a CONFIG file to change internal parameters

    o   Add practical examples where genphen has been used.

    o   Implement modules for data augmentation

    o   Update todo after data augmentation

                  Changes in version 1.8 (2018-08-20)                   

Changes:

    o   Multi-core support, dramatic speed-up of run-time

To do:

    o   Add practical examples where genphen has been used.

    o   Implement modules for data augmentation

    o   Update todo after data augmentation

                  Changes in version 1.7 (2018-01-20)                   

Introduction:

    o   Additional functions are added sporadically.

    o   This news file reports changes that have been made as the
	package has been developed.

Changes:

    o   Bayesian inference using stan (rstan package)

    o   Two bayesian inference methods to support both continuous and
	dichotomous phenotypes

    o   Additional genotype-phenotype association metrics added

    o   Posterior predictive checks implemented

    o   Procedure for data reduction (runDiagnostics) added

    o   Tutorial updated

    o   Simple procedure for phylogenetic bias estimation implemented

    o   Retrospective power analysis module

To do:

    o   Add practical examples where genphen has been used.

    o   Implement modules for data augmentation

    o   Update todo after data augmentation