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phytools (version 1.0-3)

bind.tree.simmap: Attaches a new tip to a tree

Description

This function grafts tree y onto tree x at node where.

Usage

bind.tree.simmap(x, y, where="root")

Value

An object of class "simmap".

Arguments

x

an object of class "simmap". (The receptor tree.)

y

an object of class "simmap". (The tree being grafted.)

where

node number to attach new tip, or the root node if where="root".

Author

Liam Revell liam.revell@umb.edu

Details

This function wraps around bind.tree for objects of class "simmap"; however it presently only allows y to be grafted at a node of x and it does not allow y to possess a root edge.

References

Revell, L. J. (2012) phytools: An R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things). Methods Ecol. Evol., 3, 217-223.