alifestd_make_comb

alifestd_make_comb(n_leaves: int) → DataFrame

Build a comb/caterpillar tree with n_leaves leaves.

Structure (e.g., n_leaves=4):

  0
 / \
1   2
   / \
  3   4
     / \
    5   6

Internal nodes: 0, 2, 4, … Leaves: 1, 3, 5, …

Parameters

n_leavesint

Number of leaf nodes in the resulting tree.

Returns

pd.DataFrame

Alife-standard phylogeny dataframe with ‘id’ and ‘ancestor_list’ columns.

Raises

ValueError

If n_leaves is negative.