genCombTree {poweRbal}R Documentation

Generation of the comb or caterpillar tree

Description

genCombTree - Generates the rooted binary comb tree (also known as caterpillar tree) in phylo format with the given number of n leaves.

Usage

genCombTree(n)

Arguments

n

Integer value that specifies the desired number of leaves, i.e., vertices with in-degree 1 and out-degree 0.
Due to the restrictions of the phylo or multiphylo format, the number of leaves must be at least 2 since there must be at least one edge.

Value

genCombTree A single tree of class phylo is returned.

References

Examples

genCombTree(n = 6)

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