is_internode: Check if taxa are internodes

In ropenscilabs/taxa: Classes for Storing and Manipulating Taxonomic Data

Check if taxa are internodes

Description

Check if each taxon is an internode. An internode is a taxon with exactly one supertaxon and one subtaxon. These taxa can be removed without losing information on the relationships of the remaining taxa.

Usage

is_internode(x)

Arguments

x	The object to get internodes for, such as a taxonomy object.

See Also

Other internode functions: internodes()

Examples

x <- taxonomy(c('Carnivora', 'Felidae', 'Panthera', 'Panthera leo',
                'Panthera tigris', 'Ursidae', 'Ursus', 'Ursus arctos'),
              supertaxa = c(NA, 1, 2, 3, 3, 1, 6, 7))
is_internode(x)

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