getStates: Get the states at nodes or tips from a mapped tree

In phytools: Phylogenetic Tools for Comparative Biology (and Other Things)

Get the states at nodes or tips from a mapped tree

Description

Gets the states from the nodes or tips of a mapped tree (e.g., make.simmap).

Usage

getStates(tree, type=c("nodes","tips","both"))

Arguments

tree	is a modified object of class "phylo" or "multiPhylo".
type	mode indicating whether to get states at the nodes (type="nodes") or the tips (type="tips") of the tree.

Value

A named vector (for "phylo") or matrix (for "multiPhylo").

Author(s)

Liam Revell [e-mail]

References

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

See Also

describe.simmap, make.simmap, read.simmap, sim.history

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