is_root: Test if taxa are roots

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

Test if taxa are roots

Description

Check if each taxon is a root. A root is a taxon with no supertaxon.

Usage

is_root(x, subset = NULL)

Arguments

x	An object containing taxonomic relationships, such as taxonomy objects.
subset	The subset of the tree to search for roots to that subset. Can be indexes or names.

See Also

Other root functions: roots()

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_root(x)
is_root(x, subset = 2:8)

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