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Read a phylogenetic tree from a file

Source: R/read_tree.R
read_tree.Rd

Reads a Newick or NEXUS tree file using ape. Tries ape::read.tree first; falls back to ape::read.nexus if that fails.

Usage

read_tree(path)

Arguments

path

character. Path to the tree file.

Value

An object of class "phylo".

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
tree <- read_tree("path/to/tree.tre")
} # }