A New phylogenetic method for identifying exceptional phenotypic diversification

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-146

  Revell, Liam J ^a,d   Mahler, D Luke ^a,b   Peres Neto, Pedro R ^c   Redelings, Benjamin D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Bayesian; Comparative method; Markov chain; Phenotypic evolution; Phylogenetics; Rates of evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIZARD; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PROBABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; LIZARD; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIZARDS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84855283706     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01435.x     Document Type: Article

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