This document discusses measuring morphological diversity and rates of evolution using discrete character data from phylogenies. It compares approaches that consider only tip states versus those that estimate all ancestral states, and whether accounting for phylogenetic signal and character completeness affects inferences about disparity and evolutionary rates through time. Results show that the choice of ancestral state reconstruction method and accounting for completeness can significantly impact inferred disparity, phylogenetic signal, and inferred evolutionary rates through time.
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Measuring morphological diversity and tempo using discrete characters: advantages and disadvantages of including additional phylogenetic information
1. Measuring morphological diversity and tempo using
discrete characters: advantages and disadvantages of
including additional phylogenetic information
Graeme T. Lloyd @GraemeTLloyd
24. Phylogeny and disparity
Increase sample size Estimate missing
states
Brusatte et al 2011; Butler et al 2011; Hopkins and Smith 2015
Create
phylomorphospace
60. Rate time series
Ruta et al 2006; Lloyd et al 2012
Stochastic changes
(Change)
Branches binned
(Time)
61. Rate time series
Ruta et al 2006; Lloyd et al 2012; Close et al 2015
Stochastic changes
(Change)
Branches binned
(Time)
Weighted average
(Completeness)
69. Rate results
ACCTRAN DELTRAN Likelihood Likelihood
+ Corr. 1
Likelihood
+ Corr. 2
Lloyd
et al
2012
Lloyd
et al
2012
Brusatte
et al
2014
Close
et al
2015
Lloyd
2016
70. Rate results
ACCTRAN DELTRAN Likelihood Likelihood
+ Corr. 1
Likelihood
+ Corr. 2
Lloyd
et al
2012
Lloyd
et al
2012
Brusatte
et al
2014
Close
et al
2015
Lloyd
2016
71. Rate results
ACCTRAN DELTRAN Likelihood Likelihood
+ Corr. 1
Likelihood
+ Corr. 2
Lloyd
et al
2012
Lloyd
et al
2012
Brusatte
et al
2014
Close
et al
2015
Lloyd
2016
72. Rate results
ACCTRAN DELTRAN Likelihood Likelihood
+ Corr. 1
Likelihood
+ Corr. 2
1.39 1.77 0.78 0.23 0.78
Lloyd
et al
2012
Lloyd
et al
2012
Brusatte
et al
2014
Close
et al
2015
Lloyd
2016
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