Accuracy of ancestral state reconstruction for non-neutral traits [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 The assumptions underpinning ancestral state reconstruction are violated in many evolutionary systems, especially for traits under directional selection. However, the accuracy of ancestral state reconstruction for non-neutral traits is poorly understood.
Woodhams, MD (15556577) +4 more
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A comparison of ancestral state reconstruction methods for quantitative characters [PDF]
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2016 International audienceChoosing an ancestral state reconstruction method among the alternatives available for quantitative characters may be puzzling.
Gilles Didier
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Optimized ancestral state reconstruction using Sankoff parsimony [PDF]
BMC Bioinformatics, 2009 Background Parsimony methods are widely used in molecular evolution to estimate the most plausible phylogeny for a set of characters. Sankoff parsimony determines the minimum number of changes required in a given phylogeny when a cost is associated to ...
Gabriel Valiente +7 more
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WARACS: Wrappers to Automate the Reconstruction of Ancestral Character States [PDF]
Applications in Plant Sciences, 2016 Premise of the study: Reconstructions of ancestral character states are among the most widely used analyses for evaluating the morphological, cytological, or ecological evolution of an organismic lineage.
Michael Gruenstaeudl
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Choosing the best ancestral character state reconstruction method [PDF]
Mathematical Biosciences, 2013 Despite its intrinsic difficulty, ancestral character state reconstruction is an essential tool for testing evolutionary hypothesis. Two major classes of approaches to this question can be distinguished: parsimony- or likelihood-based approaches.
Gilles Didier
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Evidence for a Syncytial Origin of Eukaryotes from Ancestral State Reconstruction. [PDF]
Genome Biol Evol, 2021 AbstractModern accounts of eukaryogenesis entail an endosymbiotic encounter between an archaeal host and a proteobacterial endosymbiont, with subsequent evolution giving rise to a unicell possessing a single nucleus and mitochondria. The mononucleate state of the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA) is seldom, if ever, questioned, even though cells ...
Skejo J +8 more
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Evolutionary insights into Felidae iris color through ancestral state reconstruction. [PDF]
iScience, 2023 Summary There have been almost no studies with an evolutionary perspective on eye (iris) color, outside of humans and domesticated animals. Extant members of the family Felidae have a great interspecific and intraspecific diversity of eye colors, in stark contrast to their closest relatives, all of which have only brown eyes. This makes
Tabin JA, Chiasson KA.
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Morphological character evolution and ancestral state reconstruction in phylactolaemate bryozoans [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPhylactolaemates represent a small clade within bryozoans that exclusively occur in limnic habitats. About 100 species are described in seven to eight families.
Julian Bibermair +2 more
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Ancestral state reconstruction of metabolic pathways across pangenome ensembles. [PDF]
Microb Genom, 2020 As genome sequencing efforts are unveiling the genetic diversity of the biosphere with an unprecedented speed, there is a need to accurately describe the structural and functional properties of groups of extant species whose genomes have been sequenced, as well as their inferred ancestors, at any given taxonomic level of their phylogeny.
Psomopoulos FE +4 more
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Evolutionary Origin of Prolonged Delayed Fertilization in the Fagaceae [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe temporal organization of flowering, fertilization, and fruiting is a fundamental axis of life‐history evolution in angiosperms. While most species complete fruit development within a single growing season (“1‐year fruiting”), many Fagaceae species ...
Takenori Shagawa +5 more
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