2.3.2.4 Remove a species from a tree

The DropSpecies removes a leaf from a tree.

Synopsis:

maf.filter=                                 \
    [...],
    DropSpecies(                            \
        tree_input=BioNJ,                   \
        tree_output=BioNJ_subtree,          \
        species=species1),                  \
    [...]

Arguments:

tree_input={string}

The tag name of the tree to edit.

tree_output={string}

The tag name to use to store the edited tree. If the same as tree_input, the edited tree will replace the old one.

species={string}

The name of the species to remove. All leaves in the tree, if any, corresponding to a sequence for this species will be removed.

Extra-data:

(user-defined tag)

An edited tree.