Retrieves an aligned sequence via the Fish Tree of Life API. If neither `species` nor `rank` are specified, returns the entire sequence matrix.
Arguments
- species
(Optionally) subset the results based on a vector of species names.
- rank
(Optionally) subset the results based on the supplied taxonomic rank.
- split
Splits the output into a list by gene locus.
References
Rabosky, D. L., Chang, J., Title, P. O., Cowman, P. F., Sallan, L., Friedman, M., Kashner, K., Garilao, C., Near, T. J., Coll, M., Alfaro, M. E. (2018). An inverse latitudinal gradient in speciation rate for marine fishes. Nature, 559(7714), 392–395. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0273-1