R: Taxonomic MRCA

taxonomy_mrca {rotl} | R Documentation

## Taxonomic MRCA

### Description

Taxonomic Least Inclusive Common Ancestor (MRCA)

### Usage

    taxonomy_mrca(ott_ids = NULL, ...)

    ## S3 method for class 'taxon_mrca'
    tax_rank(tax, ...)

    ## S3 method for class 'taxon_mrca'
    tax_name(tax, ...)

    ## S3 method for class 'taxon_mrca'
    ott_id(tax, ...)

    ## S3 method for class 'taxon_mrca'
    unique_name(tax, ...)

    ## S3 method for class 'taxon_mrca'
    tax_sources(tax, ...)

    ## S3 method for class 'taxon_mrca'
    flags(tax, ...)

    ## S3 method for class 'taxon_mrca'
    is_suppressed(tax, ...)

### Arguments

`ott_ids` | a vector of ott ids for the taxa whose MRCA is to be found (numeric).
`...` | additional arguments to customize the API request (see `rotl` package documentation).
`tax` | an object generated by the `taxonomy_mrca` function

### Details

Given a set of OTT ids, get the taxon that is the most recent common ancestor (the MRCA) of all the identified taxa.

### Value

- `taxonomy_mrca` returns a list about the taxonomic information relating to the MRCA for the ott_ids provided.

- `tax_rank` returns a character vector of the taxonomic rank for the MRCA.

- `tax_name` returns a character vector the Open Tree Taxonomy name for the MRCA.

- `ott_id` returns a numeric vector of the ott id for the MRCA.

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    req <- taxonomy_mrca(ott_ids=c(515698,590452,643717))
    tax_rank(req)
    tax_name(req)
    ott_id(req)

    ## End(Not run)

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