root-methods: Methods to test, access (and modify) the root of a phylo4...

In phylobase: Base package for phylogenetic structures and comparative data

Description

Methods to test, access (and modify) the root of a phylo4 object.

Usage

isRooted(x)

## S4 method for signature 'phylo4'
isRooted(x)

rootNode(x)

## S4 method for signature 'phylo4'
rootNode(x)

rootNode(x) <- value

Arguments

x	a phylo4 or phylo4d object.
value	a character string or a numeric giving the new root.

Value

isRooted

logical whether the tree is rooted

rootNode

the node corresponding to the root

Author(s)

Ben Bolker, Francois Michonneau

Examples

data(geospiza)
isRooted(geospiza)
rootNode(geospiza)

Example output

[1] TRUE
N15 
 15 

phylobase documentation built on May 2, 2019, 6:49 p.m.