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Cut a tree based on time t

I'm using the ape library to import a tree of type newick format. This tree contains branch lengths. I'm interested in cutting the tree at t=1. The time starts from 0 up until t=2 (rooted node) for example. Is there an easy way to cut the tree at specific time and then extract those different subtrees generated. I'm using R and I could not find any function in ape that does that. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Update: Never mind I was able to solve it. Convert the phylo tree to hclust and then use the function cutree.

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updated by Ram Ram • written by tutoring891 • tutoring891

can you add that as an answer perhaps. Thanks for following up.

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written by Istvan Albert Istvan Albert

Hi, I am facing a similar problem and would be happy to hear your thoughts on how you addressed the challenge. Thanks!

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written by Mac • Mac

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Check ete2 toolkit, I think it has a function for extracting subtrees based on a specified node.

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updated by Ram Ram • written by Chrispin Chaguza Chrispin Chaguza

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