shared_clades: List all clades shared between two taxa

In taxodist: Taxonomic Distance and Phylogenetic Lineage Computation

List all clades shared between two taxa

Description

Returns the vector of clade names forming the shared trunk of two taxa's lineages, from root down to (and including) their MRCA.

Usage

shared_clades(taxon_a, taxon_b, verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

taxon_a	A character string giving the first taxon name.
taxon_b	A character string giving the second taxon name.
verbose	Logical. If TRUE, prints progress messages. Default FALSE.

Value

A character vector of shared clade names ordered from root to MRCA, or NULL if either taxon cannot be found.

Examples

shared_clades("Tyrannosaurus", "Velociraptor")
shared_clades("Tyrannosaurus", "Homo")

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