使用正式的形态空间和马尔科夫链原则建模进化速度和模式
Gabriela Fontanarrosa1, Virginia Abdala1,2, Daniel Andrés Dos Santos1,2
1Instituto de Biodiversidad Neotropical, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Yerba Buena, Tucumán, Argentina.
Journal of evolutionary biology
|January 29, 2024
概括
对Lepidosaurian phalangeal配方的进化分析揭示了减少骨数的趋势. 变化主要发生在类似的形式之间,尽管偶尔也会发生大转移.
科学领域:
- 理论生物学的理论生物学.
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 古生物学的古生物学
背景情况:
- 进化速度和模式解决了诸如渐进主义和融合之类的核心生物学辩论.
- 格公式 (PFs) 是对研究进化模式有价值的离散字符.
研究的目的:
- 探索Lepidosaurian phalangeal公式 (PFs) 的进化节奏和模式.
- 使用整合方法量化沿着进化轨迹的形态变化频率.
主要方法:
- 利用了包括化石在内的649种种类的PF数据集.
- 整合了遗传学和遗传学数据来重建进化动态.
- 构建流量网络以分析独特的表型条件之间的过渡.
主要成果:
- 在Lepidosaurian进化过程中发现了对 phalangeal 数量减少的显著趋势.
- 观察到进化变化主要发生在形态上相似的 PF 之间.
- 记录了偶尔发生的,虽然不那么频繁的,远距离公式之间的过渡 ("跳跃").
结论:
- 结果支持多元化的进化观点,包括静止,渐进主义和盐化主义.
- 演示了不同进化模式的流行对于 phalangeal 公式进化.
- 强调了PFs在理解进化动态方面的实用性.
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