形态测量数据是否可以改善遗传学重建? 一个系统的审查和评估.
Emma J Holvast1, Mélina A Celik2, Matthew J Phillips2
1School of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Emma.Holvast@anu.edu.au.
BMC ecology and evolution
|October 18, 2024
概括
几何形态测量 (GMM) 数据可以改善遗传学推断,但目前的研究表明它不会增加遗传学准确性. 需要更多的研究来比较连续和离散的形态数据,以便更好地进行遗传学重建.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
- 系统生物学 系统生物学
- 人类遗传学 是一个学科.
背景情况:
- 形态数据对于遗传学和分子约会至关重要,但主观的字符定义引入了偏见.
- 定量数据,如几何形态测量 (GMM) 数据,提供了一个更客观的方法,将形态学整合到基因推理中.
- 本系统性审查检查了连续形态测量数据用于族遗传重建的使用情况,并比较了其与离散字符的有效性.
研究的目的:
- 系统地审查目前使用连续形态测量数据 (例如,GMM) 进行遗传学重建的现状.
- 与离散的形态特征相比,评估连续形态测量数据的有效性.
- 确定利用转基因生物数据在遗传学分析中的途径.
主要方法:
- 在Web of Science数据库中进行了系统的文献搜索,截至2023年10月.
- 最初确定了11123项遗传学研究,随后进行了标题/摘要和全文选.
- 十二项研究符合下游分析的纳入标准,遵守PRISMA-EcoEvo v1.0指南.
主要成果:
- 进行了连续形态学数据和离散形态学数据之间的基因表现的比较.
- 使用连续数据重建的族系,单独或与离散数据相结合,在与分子族系对比时没有显示出更高的分辨率或准确性.
结论:
- 只有12个经验研究使用连续的形态测量数据用于遗传学被确定.
- 离散数据和连续数据之间缺乏直接比较,这阻碍了对连续数据性能的理解.
- 敦促研究人员进行比较具有直接可比性质 (形状或大小) 的离散和连续数据集的研究,以解决这一知识差距.
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