diff --git a/neurom/features/bifurcation.py b/neurom/features/bifurcation.py
index 6c628d15..423a3ef2 100644
--- a/neurom/features/bifurcation.py
+++ b/neurom/features/bifurcation.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 from neurom import morphmath
 from neurom.exceptions import NeuroMError
 from neurom.core.dataformat import COLS
+from neurom.core.morphology import Section
 from neurom.features.section import section_mean_radius
 
 
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ def remote_bifurcation_angle(bif_point):
                                    bif_point.children[1].points[-1])
 
 
-def bifurcation_partition(bif_point):
+def bifurcation_partition(bif_point, iterator_type=Section.ipreorder):
     """Calculate the partition at a bifurcation point.
 
     We first ensure that the input point has only two children.
@@ -94,12 +95,12 @@ def bifurcation_partition(bif_point):
     """
     _raise_if_not_bifurcation(bif_point)
 
-    n = float(sum(1 for _ in bif_point.children[0].ipreorder()))
-    m = float(sum(1 for _ in bif_point.children[1].ipreorder()))
+    n, m = partition_pair(bif_point, iterator_type=iterator_type)
+
     return max(n, m) / min(n, m)
 
 
-def partition_asymmetry(bif_point, uylings=False):
+def partition_asymmetry(bif_point, uylings=False, iterator_type=Section.ipreorder):
     """Calculate the partition asymmetry at a bifurcation point.
 
     By default partition asymmetry is defined as in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18568015.
@@ -113,8 +114,7 @@ def partition_asymmetry(bif_point, uylings=False):
     """
     _raise_if_not_bifurcation(bif_point)
 
-    n = float(sum(1 for _ in bif_point.children[0].ipreorder()))
-    m = float(sum(1 for _ in bif_point.children[1].ipreorder()))
+    n, m = partition_pair(bif_point, iterator_type=iterator_type)
 
     if n == m == 1:
         # By definition the asymmetry A(1, 1) is zero
@@ -125,16 +125,17 @@ def partition_asymmetry(bif_point, uylings=False):
     return abs(n - m) / abs(n + m - c)
 
 
-def partition_pair(bif_point):
+def partition_pair(bif_point, iterator_type=Section.ipreorder):
     """Calculate the partition pairs at a bifurcation point.
 
     The number of nodes in each child tree is counted. The partition
     pairs is the number of bifurcations in the two child subtrees
     at each branch point.
     """
-    n = float(sum(1 for _ in bif_point.children[0].ipreorder()))
-    m = float(sum(1 for _ in bif_point.children[1].ipreorder()))
-    return (n, m)
+    return (
+        float(len(list(iterator_type(bif_point.children[0])))),
+        float(len(list(iterator_type(bif_point.children[1])))),
+    )
 
 
 def sibling_ratio(bif_point, method='first'):