MRCA

Integer specifying index of tips whose most recent common
ancestor should be found.

tip1, tip2

Output of <code><a rd-options="" href="/link/AllAncestors?package=TreeTools&version=0.1.3" data-mini-rdoc="TreeTools::AllAncestors">AllAncestors</a></code> for the tree in question

ancestors

What is the last common ancestor of the specified tips?

Efficient implementations of functions for the creation,
modification and analysis of phylogenetic trees.
Applications include: generation of trees with specified shapes;
rooting of trees and extraction of subtrees;
calculation and depiction of node support;
calculation of ancestor-descendant relationships;
import and export of trees from Newick, Nexus (Maddison et al. 1997)
<doi:10.1093/sysbio/46.4.590>,
and TNT <http://www.lillo.org.ar/phylogeny/tnt/> formats;
and
analysis of partitions and partition information.

Martin R. Smith

TreeTools

Create, Modify and Analyse Phylogenetic Trees

Emmanuel Paradis

Klaus Schliep

MRCA function

Output of <code><a rd-options='' href='AllAncestors'>AllAncestors</a></code> for the tree in question

MRCA: Most Recent Common Ancestor

Description

Usage

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