ape (version 5.8-1)

nodepath: Find Paths of Nodes

Description

This function finds paths of nodes in a tree. The nodes can be internal and/or terminal (i.e., tips).

Usage

nodepath(phy, from = NULL, to = NULL)

Value

a list of vectors of integers (by default), or a single vector of integers.

Arguments

phy

an object of class "phylo".

from, to

integers giving node or tip numbers.

Author

Emmanuel Paradis

Details

By default, this function returns all the paths from the root to each tip of the tree. If both arguments from and to are specified, the shortest path of nodes linking them is returned.

See Also

getMRCA

Examples

tr <- rtree(2)
nodepath(tr)
nodepath(tr, 1, 2)