2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/141294We calculate the density and expectation for the number of lineages in a reconstructed tree with $n$ extant species. This is done with conditioning on the age of the tree as well as with assuming a uniform prior for the age of the tree.ProbabilityLineage-through-time plots of birth-death processestext