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RNeXML (version 2.4.11)

flatten_multiphylo: Flatten a multiphylo object

Description

Flatten a multiphylo object

Usage

flatten_multiphylo(object)

Arguments

object

a list of multiphylo objects

Details

NeXML has the concept of multiple <trees> nodes, each with multiple child <tree> nodes. This maps naturally to a list of multiphylo objects. Sometimes this hierarchy conveys important structural information, so it is not discarded by default. Occasionally it is useful to flatten the structure though, hence this function. Note that this discards the original structure, and the nexml file must be parsed again to recover it.