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RRphylo (version 2.8.0)

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)

Value

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

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.

Author

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

Run this code
data("DataApes")
DataApes$Tstage->Tstage

getMommy(tree=Tstage,N=12)

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