R: Leading and Trailing Alignment Gaps to N

latag2n {ape} | R Documentation

## Leading and Trailing Alignment Gaps to N

### Description

Substitutes leading and trailing alignment gaps in aligned sequences into `N` (i.e., A, C, G, or T). The gaps in the middle of the sequences are left unchanged.

### Usage

    latag2n(x)

### Arguments

`x` | an object of class `"DNAbin"` with the aligned sequences.

### Details

This function is called by others in ape and in pegas. It is documented here in case it needs to be called by other packages.

### Value

an object of class `"DNAbin"`.

### Author(s)

Emmanuel Paradis

### See Also

`DNAbin`

### Examples

    x <- as.DNAbin(matrix(c("-", "A", "G", "-", "T", "C"), 2, 3))
    y <- latag2n(x)
    alview(x)
    alview(y)

[Package ape version 5.4 Index]