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BAMMtools (version 2.1.12)

getmrca: Find most recent common ancestors

Description

Calculates the most recent common ancestor for each pair of tips. Used internally by getEventData.

Usage

getmrca(phy, t1, t2)

Value

A vector of node numbers of the common ancestor for each pair of tips.

Arguments

phy

An object of class phylo.

t1

A vector of mode integer or character corresponding to tips in phy.

t2

A vector of mode integer or character corresponding to tips in phy.

Author

Mike Grundler

Details

Finds the most recent common ancestor for each pair of tips where pairs are defined as (t1[1], t2[1]), (t1[2], t2[2]), ... , (t1[i], t2[i]), ... ,(t1[n], t2[n]).

See Also

subtreeBAMM