This function attempts to untangle the branches of a tree that are tangled in plotting with plot.phylo
, plotTree
, or plotSimmap
.
untangle(tree, method=c("reorder","read.tree"))
tree as an object of class "phylo"
or "simmap"
.
method to use to attempt to untangle branches. method="reorder"
uses two calls of reorder.phylo
or reorderSimmap
; method="read.tree"
writes the tree to a text string and then reads it back into memory using read.tree
.
An object of class "phylo"
or "simmap"
.
Revell, L. J. (2012) phytools: An R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things). Methods Ecol. Evol., 3, 217-223.