geom_balance {ggtree} | R Documentation

## geom_balance

### Description

highlights the two direct descendant clades of an internal node

### Usage

    geom_balance(node, fill = "steelblue", color = "white", alpha = 0.5,
      extend = 0, extendto = NULL)

### Arguments

`node` | selected node (balance) to highlight
`fill` | color fill
`color` | color to outline highlights and divide balance
`alpha` | alpha (transparency)
`extend` | extend xmax of the rectangle
`extendto` | extend xmax to extendto

### Details

Particularly useful when studying neighboring clades. Note that balances that correspond to multichotomies will not be displayed.

### Value

ggplot2

### Author(s)

Justin Silverman

### References

J. Silverman, et al. A phylogenetic transform enhances analysis of compositional microbiota data. (in preparation)

[Package ggtree version 1.12.7 Index]