roundBranches {phytools}R Documentation

Rounds the branch lengths of a tree

Description

This function rounds the branch lengths of a tree or trees and reconciles any mappings (as in read.simmap) with the rounded branch lengths.

Usage

roundBranches(tree, digits)

Arguments

tree

an object of class "phylo" or "multiPhylo".

digits

number of digits for rounding. Passed to round.

Value

A tree with branch lengths, or modified "phylo" or "multiPhylo" object with a mapped discrete character.

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.


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