昆虫の遺伝学コメントへの返信 "植物遺伝学は昆虫の進化のタイミングとパターンを解明する"

K M Kjer¹, J L Ware², J Rust³

¹University of California, Davis, CA, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|August 1, 2015

まとめ

この研究は,昆虫の系統学的データを再分析したものです. 代替方法が提案されましたが,元のデータ分析と結論は有効です.

科学分野:

進化生物学
古生物学
系統遺伝学

背景:

系統遺伝学的分析は,進化的関係を理解する上で極めて重要です.
進化的差異の正確な年代測定は,堅固な系統遺伝的推論に不可欠である.
過去の昆虫の系統学の研究では,様々な年代測定方法が使われました.

研究の目的:

Tong et al.が提示した昆虫の系統学的データに関するコメントと再分析.
遺伝学的な年代測定に先行した代替選択と校正点の影響を評価する.
元の分析方法と結論の妥当性を再確認する.

主な方法:

この研究は,昆虫の遺伝学データの再分析の提案を批判的に検討するものである.
ベイジアン系遺伝推論におけるログノーマルプリオールと均一プリオールの比較.
化石の加算点,特に"ロアチョイド"化石の影響を評価する.

主要な成果:

Tong et alによる再分析昆虫の系統的年代測定の別の見方を示しています
オリジナルの試験におけるログノーマルプリオールの選択は,データセットに適したものとして擁護されている.
再分析の文脈の中で,校正ポイントとして"roachoid"化石の含有が検討されています.

結論:

昆虫の原始的な分析的な選択は科学的に妥当でした
代替的な見解は存在するが,それらは最初の発見を無効にしない.
系統的年代測定における方法論的選択に関するさらなる議論は正当化されている.

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