形态变异性或观察者之间的偏差? 一套方法工具,以提高多研究人员数据集的数据质量,用于分析形态变异
Dominik Schüßler1, Marina B Blanco2, Nicola K Guthrie3
1Institute of Biology and Chemistry, University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany.
American journal of biological anthropology
|August 22, 2023
概括
这项研究开发了一种数据过管道,以减少研究人员在老鼠形态数据中的偏见. 分析揭示了全属性体型变异,并测试了生态规则,为未来的研究提供了一个工具包.
科学领域:
- 动物学 动物学
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
背景情况:
- 形态变异研究在分类学,生态学和进化学中至关重要.
- 用于元分析的大型数据集正在增加,但存在对数据兼容性和研究人员偏见的担忧.
研究的目的:
- 开发和应用一个数据过管道,以减轻观察者之间的偏差在一个大数据集的小鼠形态.
- 使用过的数据,测试全系性尺寸二态以及Rensch,Allen和Bergmann规则的适用性.
主要方法:
- 编制了3073只老鼠 (Microcebus spp.) 的形态数据. 在25个种类和153个地点,由48名研究人员进行测量.
- 运用过管道来量化和改善数据质量,评估正常性,偏斜性和曲率.
- 利用过的数据集对性别尺寸变态和生态规则进行全属分析.
主要成果:
- 过管道成功减少了观察者之间的偏差,改善了数据的正常性.
- 在老鼠鼠中观察到一个一致的性别尺寸变态模式,雌性较大但不重.
- 结果没有支持Rensch的规则,部分支持Allen的规则 (尾巴长度),并为Bergmann的规则提供相反的证据.
结论:
- 大规模的多研究人员数据集在纠正观察者间偏差后对生态假设测试有价值.
- 在老鼠鼠中发现了形态变异的可概括模式.
- 开发的方法工具包可以帮助将来在不同种类中进行大规模的形态比较.
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