getTreeDepth¶
Get maximum distance from a node to the leaf
Description¶
Get maximum distance from a node to the leaf
Usage¶
getTreeDepth(tree, idx = -1)
Arguments¶
Argument |
Description |
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A tree, either of type “phylo” (read in by ape), or a character string with a Newick tree |
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The index of the root node. Usually this will be -1 and the true root will be used. The value of idx refers to the row of the tree$edge data frame, for trees read by “ape” |
Value¶
The maximum distance from the indexed node (or root if idx=-1) to any leaf node.