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Is tree rooted?

Source: R/tree_properties.R
TreeIsRooted.Rd

TreeIsRooted() is a fast alternative to ape::is.rooted().

Usage

TreeIsRooted(tree)

Arguments

tree

A phylogenetic tree of class phylo.

Value

TreeIsRooted() returns a logical specifying whether a root node is resolved.

See also

Other tree properties: Cherries(), ConsensusWithout(), LongBranch(), MatchEdges(), NSplits(), NTip(), NodeNumbers(), PathLengths(), SplitsInBinaryTree(), TipLabels(), Treeness()

Author

Martin R. Smith (martin.smith@durham.ac.uk)

Examples

TreeIsRooted(BalancedTree(6))
#> [1] TRUE
TreeIsRooted(UnrootTree(BalancedTree(6)))
#> [1] FALSE