Standard sister clade comparison fails when testing derived character States.

Abstract excerpt

Comparing species richness in sister clades that differ in a character state is one of the ways to study factors influencing diversification. While most of its applications have focussed on traits that increase diversification, some have been used to study the association of a trait with lower species richness, e.g., the occurrence of dioecy in flowering plants. We show here, using simulations and an analytical...

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• Biodiversity
• Classification
• Computer Simulation
• Magnoliopsida
• Models, Theoretical
• Phenotype