phytools (version 0.3-72.1)

getDescendants: Get descendant node numbers

Description

This function returns the set of node & tip numbers descended from node.

Usage

getDescendants(tree, node, curr=NULL)

Arguments

tree

a phylogenetic tree as an object of class "phylo".

node

an integer specifying a node number in the tree.

curr

the set of previously stored node numbers - used in recursive function calls.

Value

• The set of node and tip numbers for the nodes and tips descended from node in a vector.

See Also

paintSubTree