adephylo (version 1.1-16)

listDD: List direct descendants for all nodes of a tree

Description

The function listDD lists the direct descendants from each node of a tree. The tree can be of class phylo, phylo4 or phylo4d.

Usage

listDD(x, nameBy = c("label", "number"))

Value

A list whose components are vectors of named nodes (or tips) for a given internal node.

Arguments

x

A tree of class phylo, phylo4 or phylo4d.

nameBy

a character string indicating whether the returned list must be named by node labels ("label") or by node numbers ("number").

Author

Thibaut Jombart

See Also

listTips which lists the tips descending from each node.

treePart which defines partitions of tips according to the tree topology.

Examples

if(require(ape) & require(phylobase)){
## make a tree
x <- as(rtree(20),"phylo4")
plot(x,show.node=TRUE)
listDD(x)
}