1. The tempo of evolutionary change through time is among the most heavily studied dimensions of macroevolution using phylogenies. 2. Here, we present a simple, likelihood-based method for comparing the rate of phenotypic evolution for continuous characters between trees. Our method is derived from a previous approach published by Brian O’Meara and colleagues in 2006. 3. We examine the statistical performance of the method and find that it suffers from the typical downward bias expected for maximum likelihood estimates of the variance, but only for very small trees. We find that evolutionary rates are estimated with minimal bias for trees of even relatively modest size. 4. We also find that type I error rates based on a likelihood-ratio tes...
In recent years it has become increasingly popular to use phylogenetic comparative methods to invest...
Phylogenetic hypotheses are frequently used to examine variation in rates of diversification across ...
Rates of phenotypic evolution are central to many issues in paleontology, but traditional rate metri...
1. The tempo of evolutionary change through time is among the most heavily studied dimensions of mac...
The tempo of evolutionary change through time is among the most heavily studied dimensions of macroe...
In recent years, likelihood-based approaches have been used with increasing frequency to evaluate ma...
* Quantifying phenotypic evolutionary rates and their variation across phylogenetic trees is a major...
1.Quantifying phenotypic evolutionary rates and their variation across phylogenetic trees is a major...
Comparative biologists are sometimes interested in estimating the evolutionary rate along single bra...
Over the past decade or so it has become increasingly popular to use reconstructed evolutionary tree...
Over the past decade or so it has become increasingly popular to use reconstructed evolutionary tree...
Phylogenetic comparative biology has progressed considerably in recent years. One of the most import...
Currently available phylogenetic methods for studying the rate of evolution in a continuously valued...
Many questions in evolutionary biology require the quantification and comparison of rates of phenoty...
The comparison of mathematical models that represent alternative hypotheses about the tempo and mode...
In recent years it has become increasingly popular to use phylogenetic comparative methods to invest...
Phylogenetic hypotheses are frequently used to examine variation in rates of diversification across ...
Rates of phenotypic evolution are central to many issues in paleontology, but traditional rate metri...
1. The tempo of evolutionary change through time is among the most heavily studied dimensions of mac...
The tempo of evolutionary change through time is among the most heavily studied dimensions of macroe...
In recent years, likelihood-based approaches have been used with increasing frequency to evaluate ma...
* Quantifying phenotypic evolutionary rates and their variation across phylogenetic trees is a major...
1.Quantifying phenotypic evolutionary rates and their variation across phylogenetic trees is a major...
Comparative biologists are sometimes interested in estimating the evolutionary rate along single bra...
Over the past decade or so it has become increasingly popular to use reconstructed evolutionary tree...
Over the past decade or so it has become increasingly popular to use reconstructed evolutionary tree...
Phylogenetic comparative biology has progressed considerably in recent years. One of the most import...
Currently available phylogenetic methods for studying the rate of evolution in a continuously valued...
Many questions in evolutionary biology require the quantification and comparison of rates of phenoty...
The comparison of mathematical models that represent alternative hypotheses about the tempo and mode...
In recent years it has become increasingly popular to use phylogenetic comparative methods to invest...
Phylogenetic hypotheses are frequently used to examine variation in rates of diversification across ...
Rates of phenotypic evolution are central to many issues in paleontology, but traditional rate metri...