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On phylogenetic tests of irreversible evolution.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Nov 2008
Goldberg Emma E, Igić Boris
Abstract excerpt
"Dollo's law" states that, following loss, a complex trait cannot reevolve in an identical manner. Although the law has previously fallen into disrepute, it has only recently been challenged with statistical phylogenetic methods. We employ simulation studies of an irreversible binary character to show that rejections of Dollo's law based on likelihood-ratio tests of transition rate constraints or on...
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