| getMommy {RRphylo} | R Documentation |
Upward tip or node to root path
Description
This function is a wrapper around phytools
getDescendants (Revell 2012). It returns the node path from a
given node or species to the root of the phylogeny.
Usage
getMommy(tree,N)
Arguments
tree |
a phylogenetic tree. The tree needs not to be ultrametric and fully dichotomous. |
N |
the number of node or tip to perform the function on. The function also works with tip labels. |
Value
The function produces a vector of node numbers as integers, collated from a node or a tip towards the tree root.
Author(s)
Pasquale Raia, Silvia Castiglione, Carmela Serio, Alessandro Mondanaro, Marina Melchionna, Mirko Di Febbraro, Antonio Profico, Francesco Carotenuto
References
Revell, L. J. (2012). phytools: An R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things). Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 3: 217-223.doi:10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00169.x
Examples
data("DataApes")
DataApes$Tstage->Tstage
getMommy(tree=Tstage,N=12)