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phytools (version 1.5-1)

getDescendants: Get descendant node numbers

Description

Returns the descendants or parent of a specified node.

Usage

getDescendants(tree, node, curr=NULL)
getParent(tree, node)

Value

The set of node and tip numbers for the nodes and tips descended from node in a vector, or for getParent the single node preceding node in the tree.

Arguments

tree

a phylogenetic tree as an object of class "phylo".

node

an integer specifying a node number in the tree.

curr

the set of previously stored node numbers - used in recursive function calls.

Author

Liam Revell liam.revell@umb.edu

Details

getDescendants returns the set of node & tip numbers descended from node.

getParent returns the single parent node of a specified node number (or NULL if node is already the root).

References

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

See Also

Descendants, paintSubTree