bind.tip {phytools}R Documentation

Attaches a new tip to a tree

Description

Functions adds a new tip to the tree. If the tree is ultrametric and no branch length is specified, then edge.length is scaled so that the tree remains ultrametric after the new tip is added.

Usage

bind.tip(tree, tip.label, edge.length=NULL, where=NULL, position=0)

Arguments

tree

receptor tree.

tip.label

a string containing the species name for the new tip.

edge.length

edge length for the new tip (a scalar).

where

node number to attach new tip. If position>0 then then tip will be attached below the specified node. Node numbers can also be tips, in which case the new tip will be added along the terminal edge. To find out the tip number for given species with name "species" type: which(tree$tip.label=="species".

position

distance below node to add tip.

Details

Wrapper function for 'ape' bind.tree.

Value

An object of class "phylo".

Author(s)

Liam Revell liam.revell@umb.edu

References

Revell, L. J. (2012) phytools: An R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things). Methods Ecol. Evol., 3, 217-223.

[Package phytools version 0.4-60 Index]