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Ancestral State Reconstruction Using BayesTraits.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2022
Meade Andrew, Pagel Mark
Abstract excerpt
The fossil record is the best evidence of the characteristics of extinct species, but only a narrow range of traits fossilize or survive the fossilization process. Lacking fossil or other evidence about the past, ancestral states can be reconstructed. Three pieces of information are combined when reconstructing ancestral states: extant or known trait values (data); the evolutionary history, linking the species of...
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