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  • Evolutionary biology
  • Phylogenetics
  • Quantitative genetics

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  • Evolutionary rates are crucial for understanding diversification but often correlate negatively with time.
  • This rate-time correlation complicates comparisons across lineages with different diversification histories.
  • The underlying causes of this rate-time scaling remain debated in evolutionary studies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the theoretical possibility of estimating time-independent evolutionary rates.
  • To assess the impact of common analytical issues on the rate-time correlation.
  • To determine if empirical data supports time-independent rate estimation.

Main Methods:

  • Computer simulations using the unbiased random walk (Brownian motion) model.
  • Analysis of 643 empirical time series of trait evolution.
  • Evaluation of factors like model misspecification, sampling error, and model identifiability.

Main Results:

  • Simulations show that Brownian motion models can theoretically yield time-independent rate estimates.
  • Empirical analyses indicate that model misspecification, sampling error, and identifiability issues do not significantly reduce the negative rate-time scaling.
  • Commonly used models may not accurately capture empirical trait evolution.

Conclusions:

  • The negative correlation between evolutionary rates and time likely requires evolutionary explanations beyond analytical artifacts.
  • Current models in phylogenetic comparative studies and phenotypic time series analyses may be inadequate for empirical data.
  • Accurate comparison of evolutionary rates across lineages with varying timescales remains a significant challenge.