phylox.cherrypicking.base.has_cherry

phylox.cherrypicking.base.has_cherry(network, x, y)

Checks whether the pair (x,y) forms a cherry in the network

Parameters:

• network (phylox.DiNetwork) – The network in which we want to check whether (x,y) is a cherry

• x (string) – The first element of the pair

• y (string) – The second element of the pair

Returns:

True if (x,y) is a cherry in the network, False otherwise

Return type:

bool