Phylogenetic Analyses of the Evolution of Continuous Characters

连续性状进化的系统发育分析

• 批准号: 9981967
• 负责人: Theodore Garland
• 金额: $ 430万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-04-01 至 2001-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9981967&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Phylogenetic; Analyses; Evolution; Continuous; Characters

This project is designed to develop and test phylogenetically based statistical methods that can properly be applied to comparative data. The PIs will investigate the use of generalized least-squares methods, independent contrasts, and other statistical treatments using Monte Carlo simulations; develop statistics to assess phylogenetic effects of a given trait, and investigate means for placing confidence and prediction intervals on phylogenetic hypotheses. The results will be converted into a freely available software package distributed electronically.

这个项目的目的是开发和测试基于系统发育的统计方法，这些方法可以适当地应用于比较数据。PIS将使用蒙特卡罗模拟研究广义最小二乘法、独立对比和其他统计处理的使用；开发统计以评估给定性状的系统发育影响，并调查将置信度和预测区间置于系统发生假说上的方法。这些结果将被转换成以电子方式免费分发的软件包。