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BAMMtools (version 2.1.1)

getmrca: Find most recent common ancestors

Description

Calculates the most recent common ancestor for each pair of tips. Used internally by getEventData

Usage

getmrca(phy, t1, t2)

Arguments

phy
an object of class phylo.
t1
a vector of mode integer or character corresponding to tips in phy.
t2
a vector of mode integer or character corresponding to tips in phy.

Value

  • A vector of node numbers of the common ancestor for each pair of tips.

Details

Finds the most recent common ancestor for each pair of tips where pairs are defined as (t1[1], t2[1]), (t1[2], t2[2]), ... , (t1[i], t2[i]), ... ,(t1[n], t2[n]).