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Building phenotypic character matrices for phylogenetic inference: exploration of 35 years of practice.
Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - 1 Oct 2026
Hopkins Melanie J, Nikolic Mark C, Holmes James D, Monti Daniela S, Vargas-Parra Ernesto E, Bicknell Russell D C, Edgecombe Gregory D, Jordan-Burmeister Katherine, Paterson John R, Srivastava-Losey Shravya
Abstract excerpt
Recent methodological development in phylogenetic inference has focused predominantly on molecular data. However, renewed interest in other data types, particularly morphological data, has followed from the increased recognition of the power of total evidence and tip-dating approaches, including fossil data, for inference of time-scaled trees and rates of evolution. However, attention has largely focused on the...
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- Phylogeny
- Animals
- Phenotype
- Arthropods
- Fossils
- Biological Evolution