change.root: Change tree root

In bomeara/phybase: Basic functions for phylogenetic analysis

Description

The function changes the tree root.

Usage

change.root(nodematrix, newroot)

Arguments

nodematrix	the tree node matrix
newroot	the node number of the new root

Details

The function always returns an unrooted tree. Use the function link{root.tree} to root the unrooted tree if you need a rooted tree.

Value

nodes	the tree node matrix after changing the tree root
rootnode	the node number of the new root

Author(s)

Liang Liu [e-mail]

See Also

root.tree, rootoftree

Examples

treestr<-"((((H:0.00402,C:0.00402):0.00304,G:0.00707):0.00929,O:0.01635):0.1,W:0.12);"
nodematrix<-read.tree.nodes(treestr)$nodes
change.root(nodematrix,6)

bomeara/phybase documentation built on May 12, 2019, 11:35 p.m.