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A Practical Guide to Phylogenetics for Nonexperts
Published on: February 5, 2014
タイムデータで,またはそれなしに,系統遺伝子を再構築する
D L Fox1, D C Fisher, L R Leighton
1Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, USA. dlfox@umich.edu
まとめ
時間のデータを組み込むストラトクラディスティックは,従来のクラディスティックよりも進化の歴史をより正確に再構築します. この方法は,2倍以上のシミュレーションで真の系統を回復しました.
科学分野:
- 進化生物学の進化生物学について
- 系統遺伝的推論である.
- パレオントロジー・パレオントロジー
背景:
- 進化的関係を推論するための従来のクラディスティック・メソッドは,当初,仮説の生成に時間データを組み込まない.
- この時間に基づく証拠の排除は,系統遺伝的再建の精度を制限する可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- 既知の進化史の回復におけるストラトクラディスティクスと従来のクラディスティクスの有効性を比較する.
- 系統遺伝学分析に時間データを含めることによる影響を評価する.
主な方法:
- 550のユニークなタクソン対キャラクターマトリックスを使用して,シミュレーション研究が行われました.
- 異なる完全性 (100%から10%まで) の15の異なる進化モデルと化石記録が採用されました.
- クラディスティクスとストラトクラディスティクスの両方を用いて,同じ進化した特徴データから系統を推論した.
主要な成果:
- ストラトクラディスティクスは,症例の42%で真の進化的系統を成功裏に回復しました.
- 従来のクラディスティクスは18%のケースでしか真の系統遺伝を回復しませんでした.
- ストラトクラディスティクスは,シミュレートされた進化史を正確に再構築するために,クラディスティクスの2倍以上の成功率を示しました.
結論:
- ストラトクラディスティクスで行われているように,時間データを組み込むことは,系統遺伝的推論の正確性を大幅に改善します.
- ストラトクラディスティックは,伝統的なクラディスティック法と比較して,進化的関係を再構築するためのより堅固なアプローチを提供します.
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