R: Remove a clade from a tree

rmClade {treeman} | R Documentation

## Remove a clade from a tree

### Description

Returns a tree with a clade removed

### Usage

    rmClade(tree, id)

### Arguments

`tree` | `TreeMan` object
`id` | node ID parent of clade to be removed

### Details

Inverse function of `getSubtree()`. Takes a tree and removes a clade based on an internal node specified. Node is specified with `id`, all descending nodes and tips are removed. The resulting tree will replace the missing clade with a tip of `id`.

### See Also

`addClade`, `getSubtree`, `rmTips` https://github.com/DomBennett/treeman/wiki/manip-methods

### Examples

    library(treeman)
    t1 <- randTree(100)
    # remove a clade
    t2 <- rmClade(t1, 'n2')
    summary(t1)
    summary(t2)

[Package treeman version 1.1.4 Index]