A data based parsimony method of cophylogenetic analysis
Fri, 2007-02-02 15:01 — Vince Smith
| Title | A data based parsimony method of cophylogenetic analysis |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2001 |
| Authors | Johnson, KP, Drown DM, Clayton DH |
| Journal | Zoologica Scripta |
| Volume | 30 |
| Pages | 79-87 |
| Accession Number | 37937 |
| Abstract | Phylogenies of closely interacting groups, such as hosts and parasites, are seldom completely congruent. Incongruence can arise from biologically meaningful differences in the histories of the two groups, or can be generated by artifactual differences that are merely the result of incorrect phylogenies with weakly supported nodes. We present a method that distinguishes between these sources of incongruence and identifies lineages that are responsible for significant differences between phylogenies. We use the logic of conditional combination in that we first test for statistically significant incongruence using the partition homogeneity test. Then we remove all possible combinations of taxa until a non-significant result of this test is achieved. Finally, we construct a |
