collapse.to.star {phytools}

Collapse a subtree to a star phylogeny

Description

Collapses a subtree to a star.

Usage

collapse.to.star(tree, node)

Arguments

tree

an object of class "phylo".

node

node for the clade to be collapsed.

Details

If the tree has edge lengths, the function will keep the tips at the same height above the root as in the original tree.

If node is the global root of the tree a star phylogeny will be created.

Value

An object of class "phylo".

Author(s)

Liam Revell [e-mail]

References

Revell, L. J. (2024) phytools 2.0: an updated R ecosystem for phylogenetic comparative methods (and other things). PeerJ, 12, e16505.

See Also

splitTree, starTree