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paleotree (version 2.5)

rootSplit: Split Tip Taxa by Root Divergence

Description

Sorts terminal taxa into groups descended from each lineage splitting off of the root node.

Usage

rootSplit(tree)

Arguments

tree
A phylo object

Value

  • Returns a list with each element a character vector containing the names of terminal taxa descended from each lineage splitting off of the root node.

Details

This function can be useful for studying the timing in the order of appearance of descended from different lineages descended from the first bifurcation.

Examples

Run this code
tree<-rtree(100)
rootSplit(tree)

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