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phytools (version 2.1-1)

splitTree: Split tree at a point

Description

Internal function for posterior.evolrate.

Usage

splitTree(tree, split)

Value

Two trees in a list.

Arguments

tree

phylogenetic tree.

split

split encoded as a list with two elements: node: the node number tipward of the split; and bp: the position along the branch to break the tree, measured from the rootward end of the edge.

Author

Liam Revell liam.revell@umb.edu

Details

This function splits the tree at a given point, and returns the two subtrees as an object of class "multiPhylo".

Probably do not use this unless you can figure out what you are doing.

References

Revell, L. J. (2024) phytools 2.0: an updated R ecosystem for phylogenetic comparative methods (and other things). PeerJ, 12, e16505.