Remove a clade from a tree

Returns a tree with a clade removed

Usage

rmClade(tree, id)

Arguments

tree

TreeMan object

id

node ID parent of clade to be removed

Details

Inverse function of getSubtree(). Takes a tree and removes a clade based on an internal node specified. Node is specified with id, all descending nodes and tips are removed. The resulting tree will replace the missing clade with a tip of id.

See also

addClade, getSubtree, rmTips https://github.com/DomBennett/treeman/wiki/manip-methods

Examples

t1 <- randTree(100)
# remove a clade
t2 <- rmClade(t1, "n2")
summary(t1)
#> Tree (TreeMan Object):
#>   + 100 tips
#>   + 99 internal nodes
#>   + Binary
#>   + PD 102
#>   + Root node is "n1"
summary(t2)
#> Tree (TreeMan Object):
#>   + 36 tips
#>   + 35 internal nodes
#>   + Binary
#>   + PD 35.3
#>   + Root node is "n1"