rphast (version 1.6.9)

label.branches: Label tree branches

Description

Apply a label to some branches

Usage

label.branches(tree, branches, label)

Arguments

tree

A vector of character strings, each containing a newick tree

branches

A vector of character strings, indicating the branches which should get the label. The branch is named by the node which descends from it. If multiple trees and branches are given, all named branches will be labelled in every tree.

label

A single character string giving the label to apply to the named branches.

Value

A vector of character strings containing the modified trees; the branches are labelled by appending a pound sign and the label to the node name in the tree string.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
trees <- c("((hg18:1.0, panTro2:2.0)hg18-panTro2:3.0, mm9:4.0);",
           "((hg18:0.142679,(mm9:0.083220,rn4:0.090564)mm9-rn4:
             0.269385)hg18-rn4:0.020666,canFam2:0.193569);")
label.branches(trees, c("hg18", "mm9"), "humanAndMouse")
# }