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Challenges and advances in measuring phenotypic convergence.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 29 Jul 2024
Grossnickle David M, Brightly William H, Weaver Lucas N, Stanchak Kathryn E, Roston Rachel A, Pevsner Spencer K, Stayton C Tristan, Polly P David, Law Chris J
Abstract excerpt
Tests of phenotypic convergence can provide evidence of adaptive evolution, and the popularity of such studies has grown in recent years due to the development of novel, quantitative methods for identifying and measuring convergence. These methods include the commonly applied C1-C4 measures of Stayton (2015a), which measure morphological distances between lineages, and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) model-fitting...
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