Beispiel #1
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import random
from ete_dev import Tree
# Creates a normal tree
t = Tree(
    '((H:0.3,I:0.1):0.5, A:1, (B:0.4,(C:0.5,(J:1.3, (F:1.2, D:0.1):0.5):0.5):0.5):0.5);'
)
print t
# Let's locate some nodes using the get common ancestor method
ancestor = t.get_common_ancestor("J", "F", "C")
# the search_nodes method (I take only the first match )
A = t.search_nodes(name="A")[0]
# and using the shorcut to finding nodes by name
C = t & "C"
H = t & "H"
I = t & "I"
# Let's now add some custom features to our nodes. add_features can be
#  used to add many features at the same time.
C.add_features(vowel=False, confidence=1.0)
A.add_features(vowel=True, confidence=0.5)
ancestor.add_features(nodetype="internal")
# Or, using the oneliner notation
(t & "H").add_features(vowel=False, confidence=0.2)
# But we can automatize this. (note that i will overwrite the previous
# values)
for leaf in t.traverse():
    if leaf.name in "AEIOU":
        leaf.add_features(vowel=True, confidence=random.random())
    else:
        leaf.add_features(vowel=False, confidence=random.random())
# Now we use these information to analyze the tree.
print "This tree has", len(t.search_nodes(vowel=True)), "vowel nodes"
Beispiel #2
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def get_rooting(tol, seed_species, agename=False):
    '''
    returns dict of species age for a given TOL and a given seed

    **Example:**
    
    ::
    
      tol  = "((((((((Drosophila melanogaster,(Drosophila simulans,Drosophila secchellia)),(Drosophila yakuba,Drosophila erecta))[&&NHX:name=melanogaster subgroup],Drosophila ananassae)[&&NHX:name=melanogaster group],(Drosophila pseudoobscura,Drosophila persimilis)[&&NHX:name=obscura group])[&&NHX:name=Sophophora Old World],Drosophila willistoni)[&&NHX:name=subgenus Sophophora],(Drosophila grimshawi,(Drosophila virilis,Drosophila mojavensis))[&&NHX:name=subgenus Drosophila])[&&NHX:name=genus Drosophila],(Anopheles gambiae,Aedes aegypti)[&&NHX:name=Culicidae])[&&NHX:name=Arthropoda],Caenorhabditis elegans)[&&NHX:name=Animalia];"
      seed = "Drosophila melanogaster"
      ROOTING, age2name = get_rooting (tol, seed, True)
      
      ROOTING == {"Aedes aegypti"           : 7,
                  "Anopheles gambiae"       : 7,
                  "Caenorhabditis elegans"  : 8,
                  "Drosophila ananassae"    : 3,
                  "Drosophila erecta"       : 2,
                  "Drosophila grimshawi"    : 6,
                  "Drosophila melanogaster" : 1,
                  "Drosophila mojavensis"   : 6,
                  "Drosophila persimilis"   : 4,
                  "Drosophila pseudoobscura": 4,
                  "Drosophila secchellia"   : 1,
                  "Drosophila simulans"     : 1,
                  "Drosophila virilis"      : 6,
                  "Drosophila willistoni"   : 5,
                  "Drosophila yakuba"       : 2}
      
      age2name == {1: "Drosophila melanogaster. Drosophila simulans. Drosophila secchellia",
                   2: "melanogaster subgroup",
                   3: "melanogaster group",
                   4: "Sophophora Old World",
                   5: "subgenus Sophophora",
                   6: "genus Drosophila",
                   7: "Arthropoda",
                   8: "Animalia"}

    :argument seed_species: species name
    :argument False agename: if True, also returns the inverse dictionary

    :returns: ROOTING dictionary with age of each species
    
    '''

    tol = Tree(tol)
    try:
        node = tol.search_nodes(name=seed_species)[0]
    except IndexError:
        exit('ERROR: Seed species not found in tree\n')
    age = 1
    ROOTING = {}
    if agename:
        age2name = {}
    while not node.is_root():
        node = node.up
        for leaf in node.get_leaf_names():
            if agename:
                if node.name == 'NoName':
                    nam = '.'.join(node.get_leaf_names())
                else:
                    nam = node.name
                age2name.setdefault(age, nam)
            ROOTING.setdefault(leaf, age)
        age += 1
    if agename:
        return ROOTING, age2name
    return ROOTING
Beispiel #3
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#          /A-------|          \G-------|
#         |         |                    \-I
#         |         |
#         |          \-E
#-NoName--|
#         |                    /-L
#         |          /J-------|
#         |         |         |          /-N
#         |         |          \O-------|
#          \C-------|                    \-Q
#                   |
#                   |          /-P
#                    \M-------|
#                              \-S
# Get pointers to specific nodes
G = t.search_nodes(name="G")[0]
J = t.search_nodes(name="J")[0]
C = t.search_nodes(name="C")[0]
# If we remove J from the tree, the whole partition under J node will
# be detached from the tree and it will be considered an independent
# tree. We can do the same thing using two approaches: J.detach() or
# C.remove_child(J)
removed_node = J.detach()  # = C.remove_child(J)
# if we know print the original tree, we will see how J partition is
# no longer there.
print "Tree after REMOVING the node J"
print t.get_ascii(show_internal=True)
#                                        /-H
#                              /D-------|
#                             |          \-K
#                    /B-------|
Beispiel #4
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def main(argv):
    
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__DESCRIPTION__, 
                            formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)


    input_args = parser.add_argument_group("INPUT OPTIONS")
    input_args.add_argument("source_trees", metavar='source_trees', type=str, nargs="*",
                   help='a list of source tree files')
    
    input_args.add_argument("--source_file", dest="source_file", 
                        type=str, 
                        help="""path to a file containing many source trees, one per line""")

    input_args.add_argument("-r", dest="reftree", 
                        type=str, required=True,
                        help="""Reference tree""")

    input_args.add_argument("--ref_tree_attr", dest="ref_tree_attr", 
                            type=str, default="name",
                            help=("attribute in ref tree used as leaf name"))
    
    input_args.add_argument("--src_tree_attr", dest="src_tree_attr", 
                            type=str, default="name",
                            help=("attribute in source tree used as leaf name"))

    input_args.add_argument("--min_support_ref",
                            type=float, default=0.0,
                        help=("min support for branches to be considered from the ref tree"))
    input_args.add_argument("--min_support_src",
                        type=float, default=0.0,
                        help=("min support for branches to be considered from the source tree"))

    
    output_args = parser.add_argument_group("OUTPUT OPTIONS")
    
    output_args.add_argument("-o", dest="output", 
                            type=str,
                            help="""Path to the tab delimited report file""")

    
    opt_args = parser.add_argument_group("DISTANCE OPTIONS")
    

    opt_args.add_argument("--outgroup", dest="outgroup", 
                        nargs = "+",
                        help="""outgroup used to root reference and source trees before distance computation""")
  
    opt_args.add_argument("--expand_polytomies", dest="polytomies", 
                        action = "store_true",
                        help="""expand politomies if necessary""")
  
    opt_args.add_argument("--unrooted", dest="unrooted", 
                        action = "store_true",
                        help="""compare trees as unrooted""")

    opt_args.add_argument("--min_support", dest="min_support", 
                        type=float, default=0.0,
                        help=("min support value for branches to be counted in the distance computation (RF, treeko and refTree/targeGene compatibility)"))

    opt_args = parser.add_argument_group("PHYLOGENETICS OPTIONS")
    
    opt_args.add_argument("--extract_species",
                        action = "store_true",
                        help="When used, leaf names in the reference and source trees are assumed to represent species."
                          " If target trees are gene-trees whose species information is encoded as a part of the leaf sequence name,"
                          " it can be automatically extracted by providing a Perl regular expression that extract a "
                          " valid species code (see --sp_regexp). Such information will be also used to detect duplication"
                          " events. ")

    opt_args.add_argument("--sp_regexp", 
                          type=str,
                         help=("Specifies a Perl regular expression to automatically extract species names"
                          " from the name string in source trees. If not used, leaf names are assumed to represent species names."
                          " Example: use this expression '[^_]+_(.+)' to extract HUMAN from the string 'P53_HUMAN'."))
        
    opt_args.add_argument("--collateral", 
                        action='store_true', 
                        help=(""))

    
    args = parser.parse_args(argv)
    print __DESCRIPTION__
    reftree = args.reftree
    if args.source_file and args.source_trees:
        print >>sys.stderr, 'The use of targets_file and targets at the same time is not supported.'
        sys.exit(1)
        
    if args.source_file:
        source_trees = tree_iterator(args.source_file)
    else:
        source_trees = args.source_trees
        
    ref_tree = Tree(reftree)

    if args.ref_tree_attr:
        for lf in ref_tree.iter_leaves():
            lf._origname = lf.name
            if args.ref_tree_attr not in lf.features:
                print lf
            lf.name = getattr(lf, args.ref_tree_attr)
    
    if args.outgroup:
        if len(args.outgroup) > 1:
            out = ref_tree.get_common_ancestor(args.outgroup)
        else:
            out = ref_tree.search_nodes(name=args.outgroup[0])[0]
        ref_tree.set_outgroup(out)
                     

    HEADER = ("source tree", 'ref tree', 'common\ntips', 'normRF', 'RF', 'maxRF', "%reftree", "%genetree", "subtrees", "treeko\ndist")
    if args.output:
        OUT = open(args.output, "w")
        print >>OUT, '# ' + ctime()
        print >>OUT, '# ' + ' '.join(sys.argv) 
        print >>OUT, '#'+'\t'.join(HEADER)
    else:
        print '# ' + ctime()
        print '# ' + ' '.join(sys.argv) 
        COL_WIDTHS = [20, 20] + [9] * 10
        print_table([HEADER], fix_col_width=COL_WIDTHS, wrap_style='wrap')
        
                
    prev_tree = None
    ref_fname = os.path.basename(args.reftree)
    for counter, tfile in enumerate(source_trees):
        if args.source_file:
            seedid, tfile = tfile
        else:
            seedid = None
           
        if args.extract_species:

            if args.sp_regexp:
                SPMATCHER = re.compile(args.sp_regexp)
                get_sp_name = lambda x: re.search(SPMATCHER, x).groups()[0]
            else:
                get_sp_name = lambda x: x
                
            tt = PhyloTree(tfile, sp_naming_function = get_sp_name)
        else:
            tt = Tree(tfile)

        if args.src_tree_attr:
            for lf in tt.iter_leaves():
                lf._origname = lf.name
                lf.name = getattr(lf, args.src_tree_attr)
            
        if args.outgroup:
            if len(args.outgroup) > 1:
                out = tt.get_common_ancestor(args.outgroup)
            else:
                out = tt.search_nodes(name=args.outgroup[0])[0]
            tt.set_outgroup(out)
        
        if args.source_trees:
            fname = os.path.basename(tfile)
        else:
            fname = '%05d' %counter                          


            
        r = tt.compare(ref_tree, 
                       ref_tree_attr=args.ref_tree_attr,
                       source_tree_attr=args.src_tree_attr,
                       min_support_ref=args.min_support_ref,
                       min_support_source = args.min_support_src,
                       unrooted=args.unrooted,
                       has_duplications=args.extract_species)

                          

        print_table([map(istr, [fname[-30:], ref_fname[-30:], r['effective_tree_size'], r['norm_rf'],
                               r['rf'], r['max_rf'], r["source_edges_in_ref"],
                               r["ref_edges_in_source"], r['source_subtrees'], r['treeko_dist']])],
                    fix_col_width = COL_WIDTHS, wrap_style='cut')
                          

    if args.output:
        OUT.close()
Beispiel #5
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import random
from ete_dev import Tree
# Creates a normal tree
t = Tree( '((H:0.3,I:0.1):0.5, A:1, (B:0.4,(C:0.5,(J:1.3, (F:1.2, D:0.1):0.5):0.5):0.5):0.5);' )
print t
# Let's locate some nodes using the get common ancestor method
ancestor=t.get_common_ancestor("J", "F", "C")
# the search_nodes method (I take only the first match )
A = t.search_nodes(name="A")[0]
# and using the shorcut to finding nodes by name
C= t&"C"
H= t&"H"
I= t&"I"
# Let's now add some custom features to our nodes. add_features can be
#  used to add many features at the same time.
C.add_features(vowel=False, confidence=1.0)
A.add_features(vowel=True, confidence=0.5)
ancestor.add_features(nodetype="internal")
# Or, using the oneliner notation
(t&"H").add_features(vowel=False, confidence=0.2)
# But we can automatize this. (note that i will overwrite the previous
# values)
for leaf in t.traverse():
    if leaf.name in "AEIOU":
        leaf.add_features(vowel=True, confidence=random.random())
    else:
        leaf.add_features(vowel=False, confidence=random.random())
# Now we use these information to analyze the tree.
print "This tree has", len(t.search_nodes(vowel=True)), "vowel nodes"
print "Which are", [leaf.name for leaf in t.iter_leaves() if leaf.vowel==True]
# But features may refer to any kind of data, not only simple
Beispiel #6
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#  ---------|
#           |          /-F
#            \--------|
#                      \-G
print "Tree3:", t3
#            /-H
#           |
#  ---------|                    /-I
#           |          /--------|
#           |         |          \-J
#            \--------|
#                     |          /-K
#                      \--------|
#                                \-L
# Locates a terminal node in the first tree
A = t1.search_nodes(name='A')[0]
# and adds the two other trees as children.
A.add_child(t2)
A.add_child(t3)
print "Resulting concatenated tree:", t1
#                                          /-D
#                                /--------|
#                               |          \-E
#                      /--------|
#                     |         |          /-F
#                     |          \--------|
#            /--------|                    \-G
#           |         |
#           |         |          /-H
#           |         |         |
#           |          \--------|                    /-I
from ete_dev import Tree
t = Tree( '(A:1,(B:1,(C:1,D:1):0.5):0.5);' )
# Browse the tree from a specific leaf to the root
node = t.search_nodes(name="C")[0]
while node:
    print node
    node = node.up
# --C
#           /-C
# ---------|
#           \-D
#
#           /-B
# ---------|
#          |          /-C
#           \--------|
#                     \-D
#
#           /-A
# ---------|
#          |          /-B
#           \--------|
#                    |          /-C
#                     \--------|
#                               \-D
Beispiel #8
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def main(argv):

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description=__DESCRIPTION__,
        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)

    input_args = parser.add_argument_group("INPUT OPTIONS")
    input_args.add_argument("source_trees",
                            metavar='source_trees',
                            type=str,
                            nargs="*",
                            help='a list of source tree files')

    input_args.add_argument(
        "--source_file",
        dest="source_file",
        type=str,
        help="""path to a file containing many source trees, one per line""")

    input_args.add_argument("-r",
                            dest="reftree",
                            type=str,
                            required=True,
                            help="""Reference tree""")

    input_args.add_argument("--ref_tree_attr",
                            dest="ref_tree_attr",
                            type=str,
                            default="name",
                            help=("attribute in ref tree used as leaf name"))

    input_args.add_argument(
        "--src_tree_attr",
        dest="src_tree_attr",
        type=str,
        default="name",
        help=("attribute in source tree used as leaf name"))

    input_args.add_argument(
        "--min_support_ref",
        type=float,
        default=0.0,
        help=("min support for branches to be considered from the ref tree"))
    input_args.add_argument(
        "--min_support_src",
        type=float,
        default=0.0,
        help=(
            "min support for branches to be considered from the source tree"))

    output_args = parser.add_argument_group("OUTPUT OPTIONS")

    output_args.add_argument("-o",
                             dest="output",
                             type=str,
                             help="""Path to the tab delimited report file""")

    opt_args = parser.add_argument_group("DISTANCE OPTIONS")

    opt_args.add_argument(
        "--outgroup",
        dest="outgroup",
        nargs="+",
        help=
        """outgroup used to root reference and source trees before distance computation"""
    )

    opt_args.add_argument("--expand_polytomies",
                          dest="polytomies",
                          action="store_true",
                          help="""expand politomies if necessary""")

    opt_args.add_argument("--unrooted",
                          dest="unrooted",
                          action="store_true",
                          help="""compare trees as unrooted""")

    opt_args.add_argument(
        "--min_support",
        dest="min_support",
        type=float,
        default=0.0,
        help=
        ("min support value for branches to be counted in the distance computation (RF, treeko and refTree/targeGene compatibility)"
         ))

    opt_args = parser.add_argument_group("PHYLOGENETICS OPTIONS")

    opt_args.add_argument(
        "--extract_species",
        action="store_true",
        help=
        "When used, leaf names in the reference and source trees are assumed to represent species."
        " If target trees are gene-trees whose species information is encoded as a part of the leaf sequence name,"
        " it can be automatically extracted by providing a Perl regular expression that extract a "
        " valid species code (see --sp_regexp). Such information will be also used to detect duplication"
        " events. ")

    opt_args.add_argument(
        "--sp_regexp",
        type=str,
        help=
        ("Specifies a Perl regular expression to automatically extract species names"
         " from the name string in source trees. If not used, leaf names are assumed to represent species names."
         " Example: use this expression '[^_]+_(.+)' to extract HUMAN from the string 'P53_HUMAN'."
         ))

    opt_args.add_argument("--collateral", action='store_true', help=(""))

    args = parser.parse_args(argv)
    print __DESCRIPTION__
    reftree = args.reftree
    if args.source_file and args.source_trees:
        print >> sys.stderr, 'The use of targets_file and targets at the same time is not supported.'
        sys.exit(1)

    if args.source_file:
        source_trees = tree_iterator(args.source_file)
    else:
        source_trees = args.source_trees

    ref_tree = Tree(reftree)

    if args.ref_tree_attr:
        for lf in ref_tree.iter_leaves():
            lf._origname = lf.name
            if args.ref_tree_attr not in lf.features:
                print lf
            lf.name = getattr(lf, args.ref_tree_attr)

    if args.outgroup:
        if len(args.outgroup) > 1:
            out = ref_tree.get_common_ancestor(args.outgroup)
        else:
            out = ref_tree.search_nodes(name=args.outgroup[0])[0]
        ref_tree.set_outgroup(out)

    HEADER = ("source tree", 'ref tree', 'common\ntips', 'normRF', 'RF',
              'maxRF', "%reftree", "%genetree", "subtrees", "treeko\ndist")
    if args.output:
        OUT = open(args.output, "w")
        print >> OUT, '# ' + ctime()
        print >> OUT, '# ' + ' '.join(sys.argv)
        print >> OUT, '#' + '\t'.join(HEADER)
    else:
        print '# ' + ctime()
        print '# ' + ' '.join(sys.argv)
        COL_WIDTHS = [20, 20] + [9] * 10
        print_table([HEADER], fix_col_width=COL_WIDTHS, wrap_style='wrap')

    prev_tree = None
    ref_fname = os.path.basename(args.reftree)
    for counter, tfile in enumerate(source_trees):
        if args.source_file:
            seedid, tfile = tfile
        else:
            seedid = None

        if args.extract_species:

            if args.sp_regexp:
                SPMATCHER = re.compile(args.sp_regexp)
                get_sp_name = lambda x: re.search(SPMATCHER, x).groups()[0]
            else:
                get_sp_name = lambda x: x

            tt = PhyloTree(tfile, sp_naming_function=get_sp_name)
        else:
            tt = Tree(tfile)

        if args.src_tree_attr:
            for lf in tt.iter_leaves():
                lf._origname = lf.name
                lf.name = getattr(lf, args.src_tree_attr)

        if args.outgroup:
            if len(args.outgroup) > 1:
                out = tt.get_common_ancestor(args.outgroup)
            else:
                out = tt.search_nodes(name=args.outgroup[0])[0]
            tt.set_outgroup(out)

        if args.source_trees:
            fname = os.path.basename(tfile)
        else:
            fname = '%05d' % counter

        r = tt.compare(ref_tree,
                       ref_tree_attr=args.ref_tree_attr,
                       source_tree_attr=args.src_tree_attr,
                       min_support_ref=args.min_support_ref,
                       min_support_source=args.min_support_src,
                       unrooted=args.unrooted,
                       has_duplications=args.extract_species)

        print_table([
            map(istr, [
                fname[-30:], ref_fname[-30:], r['effective_tree_size'],
                r['norm_rf'], r['rf'], r['max_rf'], r["source_edges_in_ref"],
                r["ref_edges_in_source"], r['source_subtrees'],
                r['treeko_dist']
            ])
        ],
                    fix_col_width=COL_WIDTHS,
                    wrap_style='cut')

    if args.output:
        OUT.close()
Beispiel #9
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from ete_dev import Tree
t = Tree('(A:1,(B:1,(C:1,D:1):0.5):0.5);')
# Browse the tree from a specific leaf to the root
node = t.search_nodes(name="C")[0]
while node:
    print node
    node = node.up
# --C
#           /-C
# ---------|
#           \-D
#
#           /-B
# ---------|
#          |          /-C
#           \--------|
#                     \-D
#
#           /-A
# ---------|
#          |          /-B
#           \--------|
#                    |          /-C
#                     \--------|
#                               \-D
Beispiel #10
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from ete_dev import Tree
#Loads a tree
t = Tree( '((H:1,I:1):0.5, A:1, (B:1,(C:1,D:1):0.5):0.5);' )
print t
#                    /-H
#          /--------|
#         |          \-I
#         |
#---------|--A
#         |
#         |          /-B
#          \--------|
#                   |          /-C
#                    \--------|
#                              \-D
# I get D
D = t.search_nodes(name="D")
# I get all nodes with distance=0.5
nodes = t.search_nodes(dist=0.5)
print len(nodes), "nodes have distance=0.5"
Beispiel #11
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from ete_dev import Tree
#Loads a tree
t = Tree('((H:1,I:1):0.5, A:1, (B:1,(C:1,D:1):0.5):0.5);')
print t
#                    /-H
#          /--------|
#         |          \-I
#         |
#---------|--A
#         |
#         |          /-B
#          \--------|
#                   |          /-C
#                    \--------|
#                              \-D
# I get D
D = t.search_nodes(name="D")
# I get all nodes with distance=0.5
nodes = t.search_nodes(dist=0.5)
print len(nodes), "nodes have distance=0.5"
Beispiel #12
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def get_rooting(tol, seed_species, agename = False):
    '''
    returns dict of species age for a given TOL and a given seed

    **Example:**
    
    ::
    
      tol  = "((((((((Drosophila melanogaster,(Drosophila simulans,Drosophila secchellia)),(Drosophila yakuba,Drosophila erecta))[&&NHX:name=melanogaster subgroup],Drosophila ananassae)[&&NHX:name=melanogaster group],(Drosophila pseudoobscura,Drosophila persimilis)[&&NHX:name=obscura group])[&&NHX:name=Sophophora Old World],Drosophila willistoni)[&&NHX:name=subgenus Sophophora],(Drosophila grimshawi,(Drosophila virilis,Drosophila mojavensis))[&&NHX:name=subgenus Drosophila])[&&NHX:name=genus Drosophila],(Anopheles gambiae,Aedes aegypti)[&&NHX:name=Culicidae])[&&NHX:name=Arthropoda],Caenorhabditis elegans)[&&NHX:name=Animalia];"
      seed = "Drosophila melanogaster"
      ROOTING, age2name = get_rooting (tol, seed, True)
      
      ROOTING == {"Aedes aegypti"           : 7,
                  "Anopheles gambiae"       : 7,
                  "Caenorhabditis elegans"  : 8,
                  "Drosophila ananassae"    : 3,
                  "Drosophila erecta"       : 2,
                  "Drosophila grimshawi"    : 6,
                  "Drosophila melanogaster" : 1,
                  "Drosophila mojavensis"   : 6,
                  "Drosophila persimilis"   : 4,
                  "Drosophila pseudoobscura": 4,
                  "Drosophila secchellia"   : 1,
                  "Drosophila simulans"     : 1,
                  "Drosophila virilis"      : 6,
                  "Drosophila willistoni"   : 5,
                  "Drosophila yakuba"       : 2}
      
      age2name == {1: "Drosophila melanogaster. Drosophila simulans. Drosophila secchellia",
                   2: "melanogaster subgroup",
                   3: "melanogaster group",
                   4: "Sophophora Old World",
                   5: "subgenus Sophophora",
                   6: "genus Drosophila",
                   7: "Arthropoda",
                   8: "Animalia"}

    :argument seed_species: species name
    :argument False agename: if True, also returns the inverse dictionary

    :returns: ROOTING dictionary with age of each species
    
    '''

    tol = Tree (tol)
    try:
        node = tol.search_nodes (name=seed_species)[0]
    except IndexError:
        exit ('ERROR: Seed species not found in tree\n')
    age = 1
    ROOTING = {}
    if agename:
        age2name = {}
    while not node.is_root():
        node = node.up
        for leaf in node.get_leaf_names():
            if agename:
                if node.name == 'NoName':
                    nam = '.'.join (node.get_leaf_names())
                else:
                    nam = node.name
                age2name.setdefault (age, nam)
            ROOTING.setdefault (leaf, age)
        age += 1
    if agename:
        return ROOTING, age2name
    return ROOTING
#          /A-------|          \G-------|
#         |         |                    \-I
#         |         |
#         |          \-E
#-NoName--|
#         |                    /-L
#         |          /J-------|
#         |         |         |          /-N
#         |         |          \O-------|
#          \C-------|                    \-Q
#                   |
#                   |          /-P
#                    \M-------|
#                              \-S
# Get pointers to specific nodes
G = t.search_nodes(name="G")[0]
J = t.search_nodes(name="J")[0]
C = t.search_nodes(name="C")[0]
# If we remove J from the tree, the whole partition under J node will
# be detached from the tree and it will be considered an independent
# tree. We can do the same thing using two approaches: J.detach() or
# C.remove_child(J)
removed_node = J.detach() # = C.remove_child(J)
# if we know print the original tree, we will see how J partition is
# no longer there.
print "Tree after REMOVING the node J"
print t.get_ascii(show_internal=True)
#                                        /-H
#                              /D-------|
#                             |          \-K
#                    /B-------|