Phylogenies and the Comparative Method
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Summary
A method of correcting for the phylogeny has been proposed, which specifies a set of contrasts among species, contrasts that are statistically independent and can be used in regression or correlation studies.
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- 1985-01-01
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Keywords
Contingency table, Phylogenetics, Phylogenetic comparative methods, Statistical hypothesis testing, Nonparametric statistics
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