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RRphylo (version 3.0.0)

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/node 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)->gm

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