R: Merge two or more mapped states into one state

mergeMappedStates {phytools}

R Documentation

Merge two or more mapped states into one state

Description

This function merges two or mapped states on the tree to get one new state. For instance, one could merge the states "C", "G", and "T" to get the state "not-A".

Usage

mergeMappedStates(tree, old.states, new.state)

Arguments

`tree`	a modified object of class `"phylo"` or `"multiPhylo"` with a mapped discrete character.
`old.states`	states to merge.
`new.state`	name for new state.

Value

A modified object of class "phylo" or "multiPhylo".

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.