RRphylo (version 2.5.0)

getMommy: 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,curr=NULL)

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. Notice the function only works with number, not tip labels.

curr

has not to be provided by the user.

Value

The function produces a vector of node numbers as integers, collated from a node or a tip towards the tree root.

Details

The object 'curr' is created inside the function in order to produce an array of nodes on the path.

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

# NOT RUN {
data("DataApes")
DataApes$Tstage->Tstage

getMommy(tree=Tstage,N=12)
# }