Re: [R-sig-phylo] model averaging for discrete character evolution

2019-08-09 Thread Jacob Berv
Accidentally replied directly to Marguerite, instead of to the list: > On Aug 9, 2019, at 10:01 AM, Jacob Berv > wrote: > > Great points Marguerite. I agree that the idea of using ‘all possible’ models > is probably a bit too overzealous— and as Brian pointed out, some models will >

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2019-08-09 Thread Oliver Hooker
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Re: [R-sig-phylo] model averaging for discrete character evolution

2019-08-09 Thread Marguerite Butler
Aloha Jacob, Liam, Brian, To add to Brian's and Liam's excellent comments - just remember that any type of ancestral state reconstruction of any form is just a weighted average of the information that you put into the problem. If you have no fossil data or data back in time, it's a weighted