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# Manipulating Tree with Data {#chapter2}

```{r include=FALSE}

library(knitr)

opts_chunk$set(message=FALSE, warning=FALSE, eval=TRUE, echo=TRUE, cache=TRUE)

```

```{r echo=FALSE, results="hide", message=FALSE}

library("ape")

library("tidytree")

library(treeio)

```

```{r echo=FALSE}

options(show_data_for_treedata = FALSE)

```

## Manipulating Tree Data Using Tidy Interface {#tidytree}

All the tree data parsed/merged

by `r Biocpkg("treeio")`\index{treeio} [@wang_treeio_2020] can be converted to a tidy

data frame using the `r CRANpkg("tidytree")`

package. The `r CRANpkg("tidytree")` package

provides tidy interfaces to manipulate trees with associated data. For instance,

external data can be linked to phylogeny or evolutionary data obtained from

different sources can be merged using tidyverse verbs. After the tree data was

processed, it can be converted back to a `treedata` object and exported to [a single tree file](#chapter3), further analyzed in R or visualized using `r Biocpkg("ggtree")` [@yu_ggtree:_2017] and `r Biocpkg("ggtreeExtra")` [@ggtreeExtra_2021].

### The `phylo` object

The `phylo` class defined in the `r CRANpkg("ape")` package [@paradis_ape_2004] is

fundamental for phylogenetic analysis in R. Most of the R packages

in [this field](https://CRAN.R-project.org/view=Phylogenetics) rely

extensively on the `phylo` object. The `r CRANpkg("tidytree")` package provides `as_tibble`

method to convert the `phylo` object to a tidy data frame, a `tbl_tree` object\index{ape}.

```{r}

library(ape)

set.seed(2017)

tree <- rtree(4)

tree

x <- as_tibble(tree)

x

```

The `tbl_tree` object can be converted back to a `phylo` object using the `as.phylo()` method.

```{r}

as.phylo(x)

```

Using `tbl_tree` object makes tree and data manipulation more effective and

easier (see also the example in [FAQ](#bind-tip)). For example, we can link evolutionary trait to phylogeny using the `r CRANpkg("dplyr")` verbs `full_join()`:

```{r}

d <- tibble(label = paste0('t', 1:4),

trait = rnorm(4))

y <- full_join(x, d, by = 'label')

y

```

### The `treedata` object

The `r CRANpkg("tidytree")` package defines `treedata` class to store a phylogenetic tree with

associated data. After mapping external data to the tree structure, the

`tbl_tree` object can be converted to a `treedata` object.

```{r}

as.treedata(y)

```

The `treedata` class is used

in the [treeio](https://bioconductor.org/packages/treeio/) package [@wang_treeio_2020] to store evolutionary evidence inferred by commonly used software (`r pkg_beast`, `r pkg_epa`, `r pkg_hyphy`, `r pkg_mrbayes`, `r pkg_paml`, `r pkg_phyldog`, `r pkg_pplacer`, `r pkg_r8s`, `r pkg_raxml`, and `r pkg_revbayes`, etc.) (see details in [Chapter 1](#chapter1)).

The `r CRANpkg("tidytree")` package also provides the `as_tibble()` method to convert a `treedata` object to a tidy data frame. The phylogenetic tree structure and the evolutionary

inferences were stored in the `tbl_tree` object, making it consistent and easier

for manipulating evolutionary statistics inferred by different software as well

as linking external data to the same tree structure.

```{r}

y %>% as.treedata %>% as_tibble

```

### Access related nodes {#accesor-tidytree}

The `r CRANpkg("dplyr")` verbs can be applied to `tbl_tree` directly to manipulate tree data. In addition, `r CRANpkg("tidytree")` provides several verbs to filter related nodes, including

`child()`, `parent()`, `offspring()`, `ancestor()`, `sibling()` and `MRCA()`.

These verbs accept a `tbl_tree` object and a selected node which can be node number or label.

```{r}

child(y, 5)

parent(y, 2)

offspring(y, 5)

ancestor(y, 2)

sibling(y, 2)

MRCA(y, 2, 3)

```

All these methods are also implemented in `r Biocpkg("treeio")` for working with `phylo` and `treedata` objects. You can try accessing related nodes using the tree object. For instance, the following command will output child nodes of the selected internal node `5`:

```{r}

child(tree, 5)

```

Beware that the methods for tree objects output relevant node numbers, while the methods for `tbl_tree` object output a `tibble` object that contains related information.

## Data Integration

### Combining tree data {#merge-tree}

The `r Biocpkg("treeio")` package [@wang_treeio_2020] serves as an

infrastructure that enables various types of phylogenetic data inferred from

common analysis programs to be imported and used in R. For instance, *d~N~/d~S~*

or ancestral sequences estimated by `r pkg_codeml`,

and clade support values (posterior) inferred by `r pkg_beast`/`r pkg_mrbayes`.

In addition, `r Biocpkg("treeio")` supports linking external data to phylogeny. It brings these external phylogenetic data (either from software output or external sources) to the R

community and makes it available for further analysis in R.

Furthermore, `r Biocpkg("treeio")` can combine

multiple phylogenetic trees into one with their node/branch-specific

attribute data. Essentially, as a result, one such attribute (*e.g.*,

substitution rate) can be mapped to another attribute (*e.g.*, *d~N~/d~S~*) of

the same node/branch for comparison and further computations [@yu_ggtree:_2017; @yu_two_2018].

A previously published dataset, seventy-six H3 hemagglutinin gene sequences of

a lineage containing swine and human influenza A viruses

[@liang_expansion_2014], was used here to demonstrate the utilities of comparing

evolutionary statistics inferred by different software. The dataset was

re-analyzed by `r pkg_beast` for timescale estimation

and `r pkg_codeml` for synonymous and

non-synonymous substitution estimation. In this example, we first parsed the

outputs from `r pkg_beast` using the `read.beast()` function and

from `r pkg_codeml` using

the `read.codeml()` function into two `treedata` objects. Then these two objects containing separate sets of node/branch-specific data were merged via the `merge_tree()` function.

```{r}

beast_file <- system.file("examples/MCC_FluA_H3.tree", package="ggtree")

rst_file <- system.file("examples/rst", package="ggtree")

mlc_file <- system.file("examples/mlc", package="ggtree")

beast_tree <- read.beast(beast_file)

codeml_tree <- read.codeml(rst_file, mlc_file)

merged_tree <- merge_tree(beast_tree, codeml_tree)

merged_tree

```

After merging the `beast_tree` and `codeml_tree` objects, all

node/branch-specific data imported from `r pkg_beast`

and `r pkg_codeml` output files are

all available in the `merged_tree` object. The tree object was converted to a

tidy data frame using the [tidytree](https://cran.r-project.org/package=tidytree)

package and visualized as hexbin scatterplots of *d~N~/d~S~*, *d~N~*, and *d~S~* inferred

by `r pkg_codeml` vs. *rate*

(substitution rate in a unit of substitutions/site/year) inferred

by `r pkg_beast` on the same branches.

(ref:correlationscap) Correlation of *d~N~/d~S~*, *d~N~*, and *d~S~* versus substitution rate.

(ref:correlationcap) **Correlation of *d~N~/d~S~*, *d~N~*, and *d~S~* vs. substitution rate.** After merging the *BEAST* and *CodeML* outputs, the branch-specific estimates (substitution rate, *d~N~/d~S~* , *d~N~*, and *d~S~*) from the two analysis programs are compared on the same branch basis. The associations of *d~N~/d~S~*, *d~N~*, and *d~S~* vs. *rate* are visualized in hexbin scatter plots.

```{r correlations, fig.width=9, fig.height=3, warning=FALSE, fig.cap="(ref:correlationcap)", fig.scap="(ref:correlationscap)", out.extra='', out.width="100%"}

library(dplyr)

df <- merged_tree %>%

as_tibble() %>%

select(dN_vs_dS, dN, dS, rate) %>%

subset(dN_vs_dS >=0 & dN_vs_dS <= 1.5) %>%

tidyr::gather(type, value, dN_vs_dS:dS)

df$type[df$type == 'dN_vs_dS'] <- 'dN/dS'

df$type <- factor(df$type, levels=c("dN/dS", "dN", "dS"))

ggplot(df, aes(rate, value)) geom_hex()

facet_wrap(~type, scale='free_y')

```

The output is illustrated in Figure \@ref(fig:correlations). We can then test the association of these node/branch-specific data using Pearson correlation, which in this case showed that *d~N~* and *d~S~*, but not *d~N~/d~S~*\index{d\textsubscript{N}/d\textsubscript{S}} are significantly (*p*-values) associated with *rate*.

Using the `merge_tree()` function, we are able to compare analysis results using an identical

model from different software packages or different models using different or

identical software. It also allows users to integrate different analysis findings

from different software packages. Merging tree data is not restricted to

software findings, associating external data to analysis findings is also

granted. The `merge_tree()` function is chainable and allows several tree objects

to be merged into one.

```{r}

phylo <- as.phylo(beast_tree)

N <- Nnode2(phylo)

d <- tibble(node = 1:N, fake_trait = rnorm(N), another_trait = runif(N))

fake_tree <- treedata(phylo = phylo, data = d)

triple_tree <- merge_tree(merged_tree, fake_tree)

triple_tree

```

The `triple_tree` object shown above contains analysis results obtained from `r pkg_beast`

and `r pkg_codeml`, and evolutionary

traits from external sources. All these pieces of information can be used to annotate the

tree using `r Biocpkg("ggtree")` [@yu_ggtree:_2017] and `r Biocpkg("ggtreeExtra")` [@ggtreeExtra_2021].

### Linking external data to phylogeny {#link-external-data}

In addition to analysis findings that are associated with the tree as demonstrated

above, there is a wide range of heterogeneous data, including phenotypic data,

experimental data, and clinical data, *etc.*, that need to be integrated and

linked to phylogeny. For example, in the study of viral evolution, tree nodes may be

associated with epidemiological information, such as location, age, and subtype.

Functional annotations may need to be mapped onto gene trees for comparative

genomics studies. To facilitate data

integration, `r Biocpkg("treeio")` provides

`full_join()` methods to link external data to phylogeny and store it in either `phylo` or `treedata` object. Beware that linking external data to a `phylo` object will produce a `treedata` object to store the input `phylo` with associated data. The `full_join` methods can also be used at tidy data frame level (*i.e.*, `tbl_tree` object described previously) and at `ggtree` level (described in [Chapter 7](#attach-operator)) [@yu_two_2018].

The following example calculated bootstrap values and merged those values with the tree (a `phylo` object) by matching their node numbers.

```{r apeBoot, message=FALSE}

library(ape)

data(woodmouse)

d <- dist.dna(woodmouse)

tr <- nj(d)

bp <- boot.phylo(tr, woodmouse, function(x) nj(dist.dna(x)))

bp2 <- tibble(node=1:Nnode(tr) Ntip(tr), bootstrap = bp)

full_join(tr, bp2, by="node")

```

Another example demonstrates merging evolutionary traits with the tree (a `treedata` object) by matching their tip labels.

```{r}

file <- system.file("extdata/BEAST", "beast_mcc.tree", package="treeio")

beast <- read.beast(file)

x <- tibble(label = as.phylo(beast)$tip.label, trait = rnorm(Ntip(beast)))

full_join(beast, x, by="label")

```

Manipulating tree objects is frustrated with the fragmented functions available

for working with `phylo` objects, not to mention linking external data to the

phylogeny structure. With the `r Biocpkg("treeio")` package [@wang_treeio_2020], it is easy to combine tree data from various sources.

In addition, with the `r CRANpkg("tidytree")` package, manipulating trees is easier using the [tidy data principles](https://www.jstatsoft.org/article/view/v059i10) and

consistent with tools already in wide use, including

`r CRANpkg("dplyr")`,

`r CRANpkg("tidyr")`,

`r CRANpkg("ggplot2")`,

and `r Biocpkg("ggtree")` [@yu_ggtree:_2017].

### Grouping taxa

The `groupOTU()`\index{groupOTU} and `groupClade()`\index{groupClade} methods are designed for adding taxa grouping

information to the input tree object. The methods were implemented in `r CRANpkg("tidytree")`,

`r Biocpkg("treeio")`, and `r Biocpkg("ggtree")` respectively to support adding grouping information for the

`tbl_tree`, `phylo` and `treedata`, and `ggtree` objects. This grouping information can be

used directly in tree visualization (*e.g.*, [coloring a tree based on grouping information](#group-taxa-vis))

with `r Biocpkg("ggtree")` (Figure \@ref(fig:groupOTU)).

#### groupClade

The `groupClade()` method accepts an internal node or a vector of internal nodes

to add grouping information of selected clade/clades.

```{r}

nwk <- '(((((((A:4,B:4):6,C:5):8,D:6):3,E:21):10,((F:4,G:12):14,H:8):13):

13,((I:5,J:2):30,(K:11,L:11):2):17):4,M:56);'

tree <- read.tree(text=nwk)

groupClade(as_tibble(tree), c(17, 21))

```

#### groupOTU

```{r}

set.seed(2017)

tr <- rtree(4)

x <- as_tibble(tr)

## the input nodes can be node ID or label

groupOTU(x, c('t1', 't4'), group_name = "fake_group")

```

Both `groupClade()` and `groupOTU()` work with the `tbl_tree`, `phylo` and `treedata`, and `ggtree` objects. Here is an example of using `groupOTU()` with a `phylo` tree object\index{groupOTU}.

```{r}

groupOTU(tr, c('t2', 't4'), group_name = "fake_group") %>%

as_tibble

```

Another example of working with the `ggtree` object can be found in [session 6.4](#group-taxa-vis).

The `groupOTU` will trace back from input nodes to most recent common ancestor.

In this example, nodes 1, 4, 5 and 6 are

grouping together (`4 (t2) -> 6 -> 5` and `1 (t4) -> 5`).

Related operational taxonomic units (OTUs) are grouping and they are not necessarily within a clade.

They can be monophyletic (clade), polyphyletic or paraphyletic.

```{r}

cls <- list(c1=c("A", "B", "C", "D", "E"),

c2=c("F", "G", "H"),

c3=c("L", "K", "I", "J"),

c4="M")

as_tibble(tree) %>% groupOTU(cls)

```

If there are conflicts when tracing back to the most recent common ancestor, users can set `overlap`

parameter to "origin" (the first one counts), "overwrite" (default, the last one

counts), or "abandon" (un-selected for grouping)^[<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/bioc-ggtree/Q4LnwoTf1DM/uqYdYB_VBAAJ>].

## Rerooting tree {#reroot-treeio}

A phylogenetic tree can be rerooted with a specified `outgroup`. The `r CRANpkg("ape")` package implements a `root()` method to reroot a tree stored in a `phylo` object, while the `r Biocpkg("treeio")` package provides the `root()` method for `treedata` object. This method is designed to re-root a phylogenetic tree with associated data concerning the specified `outgroup` or at the specified `node` based on the `root()` implemented in the `r CRANpkg("ape")` package.

We first linked external data to a tree using `left_join()` and stored all the information in a `treedata` object, `trda`.

```{r reroot_build_td}

library(ggtree)

library(treeio)

library(tidytree)

library(TDbook)

# load `tree_boots`, `df_tip_data`, and `df_inode_data` from 'TDbook'

trda <- tree_boots %>%

left_join(df_tip_data, by=c("label" = "Newick_label")) %>%

left_join(df_inode_data, by=c("label" = "newick_label"))

trda

```

Then we can reroot the tree with the associated data mapping to the branches and nodes correctly as demonstrated in Figure \@ref(fig:reroot). The figure was visualized using `r Biocpkg("ggtree")` (see also Chapters [4](#chapter4) and [5](#chapter5)).

(ref:rerootscap) Reroot a phylogenetic tree with associated data.

(ref:rerootcap) **Reroot a phylogenetic tree with associated data.** Original tree (A) and re-rooted tree (B) with associated data mapped to the branches or nodes of the tree correctly. (A) and (B) present before and after rooting on the branch leading to the tip node 'Suricata_suricatta', respectively.

```{r reroot, fig.width=14, fig.height=5, fig.cap="(ref:rerootcap)", fig.scap="(ref:rerootscap)"}

# reroot

trda2 <- root(trda, outgroup = "Suricata_suricatta", edgelabel = TRUE)

# The original tree

p1 <- trda %>%

ggtree()

geom_nodelab(

mapping = aes(

x = branch,

label = bootstrap

),

nudge_y = 0.36

)

xlim(-.1, 4.5)

geom_tippoint(

mapping = aes(

shape = trophic_habit,

color = trophic_habit,

size = mass_in_kg

)

)

scale_size_continuous(range = c(3, 10))

geom_tiplab(

offset = .14,

)

geom_nodelab(

mapping = aes(

label = vernacularName.y,

fill = posterior

),

geom = "label"

)

scale_fill_gradientn(colors = RColorBrewer::brewer.pal(3, "YlGnBu"))

theme(legend.position = "right")

# after reroot

p2 <- trda2 %>%

ggtree()

geom_nodelab(

mapping = aes(

x = branch,

label = bootstrap

),

nudge_y = 0.36

)

xlim(-.1, 5.5)

geom_tippoint(

mapping = aes(

shape = trophic_habit,

color = trophic_habit,

size = mass_in_kg

)

)

scale_size_continuous(range = c(3, 10))

geom_tiplab(

offset = .14,

)

geom_nodelab(

mapping = aes(

label = vernacularName.y,

fill = posterior

),

geom = "label"

)

scale_fill_gradientn(colors = RColorBrewer::brewer.pal(3, "YlGnBu"))

theme(legend.position = "right")

plot_list(p1, p2, tag_levels='A', ncol=2)

```

The `outgroup` parameter represents the specific new `outgroup`, it can be a node label (character) or node number. If it is a "single one" value, meaning using the node below this tip as the new root, if it has multiple values, meaning the most recent common of the values will be used as the new root. Note that, if the node labels should be treated as edge labels, the `edgelabel` should be set to `TRUE` to return the correct relationship between the `node` and `associated data`. For more details about re-root, including precautions and pitfalls, please refer to the review article [@reroot_review].

## Rescaling Tree Branches {#rescale-treeio}

Phylogenetic data can be merged for joint analysis (Figure \@ref(fig:correlations)). They can be displayed on the same tree structure as a more complex annotation to help visually inspection of their evolutionary patterns. All the numerical data stored in a `treedata` object can be used to re-scale tree branches. For example, CodeML infers d~N~/d~S~, d~N~, and d~S~, all these statistics can be used as branch lengths (Figure \@ref(fig:rescale)). All these values can also be used to color the tree (session [4.3.4](#color-tree)) and can be projected to a vertical dimension to create a two-dimensional tree or phenogram (session [4.2.2](#layouts-of-phylogenetic-tree) and Figures \@ref(fig:2d) and \@ref(fig:continuousColor)).

(ref:rescalescap) Rescaling tree branches.

(ref:rescalecap) **Rescaling tree branches.** The tree with branches scaled in time (year from the root) (A). The tree was rescaled using *d~N~* as branch lengths (B). The tree was rescaled using substitution rates (C).

```{r rescale, fig.width=12, fig.height=4.5, message=F, echo=T, fig.cap="(ref:rescalecap)", fig.scap="(ref:rescalescap)", out.extra='', out.width="100%"}

p1 <- ggtree(merged_tree) theme_tree2()

p2 <- ggtree(rescale_tree(merged_tree, 'dN')) theme_tree2()

p3 <- ggtree(rescale_tree(merged_tree, 'rate')) theme_tree2()

plot_list(p1, p2, p3, ncol=3, tag_levels='A')

```

Modifying branch lengths in the tree object in addtion to using the `rescale_tree()` function, users can directly specify a variable as branch length in `ggtree()` as demonstrated in [session 4.3.6](#rescale-tree).

## Subsetting Tree with Data

### Removing tips in a phylogenetic tree {#remove-tip}

Sometimes we want to remove selected tips from a phylogenetic tree. This is due to several reasons, including low sequence quality, errors in sequence assembly, an alignment error in part of the sequence, an error in phylogenetic inference, *etc*.

Let's say that we want to remove three tips (colored red) from the tree (Figure \@ref(fig:removeTip)A), the `drop.tip()` method removes specified tips and updates the tree (Figure \@ref(fig:removeTip)B). All associated data will be maintained in the updated tree.

(ref:removeTipscap) Removing tips from a tree.

(ref:removeTipcap) **Removing tips from a tree.** Original tree with three tips (colored red) to remove (A). The updated tree removed selected tips (B).

```{r removeTip, fig.width=12, fig.height=6, fig.cap="(ref:removeTipcap)", fig.scap="(ref:removeTipscap)", out.width="100%"}

f <- system.file("extdata/NHX", "phyldog.nhx", package="treeio")

nhx <- read.nhx(f)

to_drop <- c("Physonect_sp_@2066767",

"Lychnagalma_utricularia@2253871",

"Kephyes_ovata@2606431")

p1 <- ggtree(nhx) geom_tiplab(aes(color = label %in% to_drop))

scale_color_manual(values=c("black", "red")) xlim(0, 0.8)

nhx_reduced <- drop.tip(nhx, to_drop)

p2 <- ggtree(nhx_reduced) geom_tiplab() xlim(0, 0.8)

plot_list(p1, p2, ncol=2, tag_levels = "A")

```

### Subsetting tree by tip label {#subset-tip}

Sometimes a tree can be large and difficult to look at only the portions of interest. The `tree_subset()` function was created in the `r Biocpkg("treeio")` package [@wang_treeio_2020] to extract a subset of the tree portion while still maintaining the structure of the tree portion. The `beast_tree` in Figure \@ref(fig:subsetTip)A is slightly crowded. Obviously, we can make the figure taller to allow more space for the labels (similar to using the "Expansion" slider in `FigTree`) or we can make the text smaller. However, these solutions are not always applicable when you have a lot of tips (*e.g.*, hundreds or thousands of tips). In particular, when you are only interested in the portion of the tree around a particular tip, you certainly don't want to explore a large tree to find the certain species you are interested in.

Let's say you are interested in tip *A/Swine/HK/168/2012* from the tree (Figure \@ref(fig:subsetTip)A) and you want to look at the immediate relatives of this tip.

The `tree_subset()` function allows you to look at the portions of the tree that are of interest. By default, the `tree_subset()` function will internally call the [`groupOTU()`](#groupotu) to assign the group specified tip from the rest of the other tips (Figure \@ref(fig:subsetTip)B). Additionally, the branch lengths and related associated data are maintained after subsetting (Figure \@ref(fig:subsetTip)C). The root of the tree is always anchored at zero for the subset tree by default and all the distances are relative to this root. If you want all the distances to be relative to the original root, you can specify the root position (by `root.position` parameter) to the root edge of the subset tree, which is the sum of branch lengths from the original root to the root of the subset tree (Figures \@ref(fig:subsetTip)D and E).

(ref:subsetTipscap) Subsetting tree for a specific tip.

(ref:subsetTipcap) **Subsetting tree for a specific tip.** Original tree (A). Subset tree (B). Subset tree with data (C). Visualize the subset tree relative to the original position, without rootedge (D) and with rootedge (E).

```{r subsetTip, fig.width=12, fig.height=7, echo=T, fig.cap="(ref:subsetTipcap)", fig.scap="(ref:subsetTipscap)", out.extra='', out.width="100%"}

beast_file <- system.file("examples/MCC_FluA_H3.tree", package="ggtree")

beast_tree <- read.beast(beast_file)

p1 = ggtree(beast_tree)

geom_tiplab(offset=.05) xlim(0, 40) theme_tree2()

tree2 = tree_subset(beast_tree, "A/Swine/HK/168/2012", levels_back=4)

p2 <- ggtree(tree2, aes(color=group))

scale_color_manual(values = c("black", "red"), guide = 'none')

geom_tiplab(offset=.2) xlim(0, 4.5) theme_tree2()

p3 <- p2

geom_point(aes(fill = rate), shape = 21, size = 4)

scale_fill_continuous(low = 'blue', high = 'red')

xlim(0,5) theme(legend.position = 'right')

p4 <- ggtree(tree2, aes(color=group),

root.position = as.phylo(tree2)$root.edge)

geom_tiplab() xlim(18, 24)

scale_color_manual(values = c("black", "red"), guide = 'none')

theme_tree2()

p5 <- p4

geom_rootedge() xlim(0, 50)

plot_list(p1, p2, p3, p4, p5,

design="AABBCC\nAADDEE", tag_levels='A')

```

### Subsetting tree by internal node number {#subset-node}

If you are interested in a certain clade, you can specify the input node as an internal node number. The `tree_subset()` function will take the clade as a whole and also trace it back to particular levels to look at the immediate relatives of the clade (Figures \@ref(fig:subsetNode)A and B). We can use the `tree_subset()` function to zoom in selected portions and plot a whole tree with the portion of it, which is similar to the `ape::zoom()` function to explore a very large tree (Figures \@ref(fig:subsetNode)C and D). Users can also use `viewClade()` function to restrict tree visualization at specific clade as demonstrated in [session 6.1](#viewing-selected-clade).

(ref:subsetNodescap) Subsetting tree for a specific clade.

(ref:ssubsetNodecap) **Subsetting tree for the specific clade.** Extracting a clade (A). Extracting a clade and tracing it back to look at its immediate relatives (B). Viewing a very large tree (C) and a selected portion of it (D).

```{r subsetNode, fig.width=10, fig.height=10, echo=T, fig.cap="(ref:ssubsetNodecap)", fig.scap="(ref:subsetNodescap)", out.extra='', out.width="100%"}

clade <- tree_subset(beast_tree, node=121, levels_back=0)

clade2 <- tree_subset(beast_tree, node=121, levels_back=2)

p1 <- ggtree(clade) geom_tiplab() xlim(0, 5)

p2 <- ggtree(clade2, aes(color=group)) geom_tiplab()

xlim(0, 9) scale_color_manual(values=c("black", "red"))

library(ape)

library(tidytree)

library(treeio)

data(chiroptera)

nodes <- grep("Plecotus", chiroptera$tip.label)

chiroptera <- groupOTU(chiroptera, nodes)

clade <- MRCA(chiroptera, nodes)

x <- tree_subset(chiroptera, clade, levels_back = 0)

p3 <- ggtree(chiroptera, aes(colour = group))

scale_color_manual(values=c("black", "red"))

theme(legend.position = "none")

p4 <- ggtree(x) geom_tiplab() xlim(0, 6)

plot_list(p1, p2, p3, p4,

ncol=2, tag_levels = 'A')

```

## Manipulating Tree Data for Visualization {#ggtree-fortify}

Tree visualization is supported by `r Biocpkg("ggtree")` [@yu_ggtree:_2017]. Although `r Biocpkg("ggtree")`\index{ggtree} implemented several methods for [visual exploration of trees with data](#chapter6), you may want to do something that is not supported directly. In this case, you need to manipulate tree data with node coordination positions that are used for visualization. This is quite easy with `r Biocpkg("ggtree")`. Users can use the `fortify()` method which internally calls `tidytree::as_tibble()` to convert the tree to a tidy data frame and add columns of coordination positions (*i.e.*, x, y, branch, and angle) that are used to plot the tree. You can also access the data via `ggtree(tree)$data`.

Here is an example to plot two trees face-to-face that is similar to a graph produced by the `ape::cophyloplot()` function\index{ape} (Figure \@ref(fig:cophylo))\index{geom\textunderscore tree}.

(ref:cophyloscap) Plot two phylogenetic trees face to face.

(ref:cophylocap) **Plot two phylogenetic trees face-to-face.** Plotting a tree using `ggtree()` (left-hand side) and subsequently adding another layer of a tree by `geom_tree()` (right-hand side). The relative positions of the plotted trees can be manually adjusted and adding layers to each of the trees (*e.g.*, tip labels and highlighting clades) is independent.

```{r cophylo, fig.width=8, fig.height=6, message=F, echo=T, fig.cap="(ref:cophylocap)", fig.scap="(ref:cophyloscap)", out.extra='', out.width="100%"}

library(dplyr)

library(ggtree)

set.seed(1024)

x <- rtree(30)

y <- rtree(30)

p1 <- ggtree(x, layout='roundrect')

geom_hilight(

mapping=aes(subset = node %in% c(38, 48, 58, 36),

node = node,

fill = as.factor(node)

)

)

labs(fill = "clades for tree in left" )

p2 <- ggtree(y)

d1 <- p1$data

d2 <- p2$data

## reverse x-axis and

## set offset to make the tree on the right-hand side of the first tree

d2$x <- max(d2$x) - d2$x max(d1$x) 1

pp <- p1 geom_tree(data=d2, layout='ellipse')

ggnewscale::new_scale_fill()

geom_hilight(

data = d2,

mapping = aes(

subset = node %in% c(38, 48, 58),

node=node,

fill=as.factor(node))

)

labs(fill = "clades for tree in right" )

dd <- bind_rows(d1, d2) %>%

filter(!is.na(label))

pp geom_line(aes(x, y, group=label), data=dd, color='grey')

geom_tiplab(geom = 'shadowtext', bg.colour = alpha('firebrick', .5))

geom_tiplab(data = d2, hjust=1, geom = 'shadowtext',

bg.colour = alpha('firebrick', .5))

```

It is quite easy to plot multiple trees and connect taxa in one figure; for instance, plotting trees constructed from all internal gene segments of influenza virus and connecting equivalent strains across the trees [@venkatesh_avian_2018]. Figure \@ref(fig:cophylo3) demonstrates the usage of plotting multiple trees by combining multiple layers of `geom_tree()`.

(ref:cophylo3scap) Plot multiple phylogenetic trees side-by-side.

(ref:cophylo3cap) **Plot multiple phylogenetic trees side-by-side.** Plotting a tree using `ggtree()` and subsequently adding multiple layers of trees by `geom_tree()`.

```{r cophylo3, fig.width=8, fig.height=6, message=F, echo=T, fig.cap="(ref:cophylo3cap)", fig.scap="(ref:cophylo3scap)", out.extra='', out.width="100%"}

z <- rtree(30)

d2 <- fortify(y)

d3 <- fortify(z)

d2$x <- d2$x max(d1$x) 1

d3$x <- d3$x max(d2$x) 1

dd = bind_rows(d1, d2, d3) %>%

filter(!is.na(label))

p1 geom_tree(data = d2) geom_tree(data = d3) geom_tiplab(data=d3)

geom_line(aes(x, y, group=label, color=node < 15), data=dd, alpha=.3)

```

## Summary {#summary2}

The `r Biocpkg("treeio")` package allows us to import diverse phylogeny associated data into R. However, a phylogenetic tree is stored in a way to facilitate computational processing which is not human friendly and needs the expertise to manipulate and explore tree data. The `r CRANpkg("tidytree")` package provides a tidy interface for exploring tree data, while `r Biocpkg("ggtree")` provides a set of utilities to visualize and explore tree data using the grammar of graphics. This full suite of packages makes it easy for ordinary users to interact with tree data and allows us to integrate phylogeny associated data from different sources (*e.g.*, experimental results or analysis findings), which creates the possibilities of integrative and comparative study. Moreover, this package suite brings phylogenetic analysis into the tidyverse and certainly takes us to the next level of processing phylogenetic data.