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Subject: RE: Testing morphology for stasis
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 03:12:11 -0400
From: Ilker ERCAN <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
hi Joe
You can apply cluster analysis with procrustes distance.
Ilker
> Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 01:56:58 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Testing morphology for stasis
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> Subject: Testing morphology for stasis
> Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 10:53:59 -0400
> From: OWEN J.T.D. <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
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> Dear morphmet,
>
> I have a 3D dataset where I have been comparing morphology and phylogeny
> at family level (suiforms). Specifically I have generated a phenogram
> (based on procrustes distances) to compare and contrast with the family
> phylogeny. The phenogram is lacking in some sub-species but has
> representatives for the genus we are examining (the suids, the phylogeny
> also uses Hippopotamus and Peccary as outgroups which we do not have).
>
> I have genetically divergent but morphologically similar populations;
> based on prior knowledge of species history, habitat and diet homoplasy
> is deemed unlikely and as such I wish to test the dataset for stasis.
>
> I was wondering if anyone knows of methods by which I could assess
> stasis based on congruence between morphological and genetic
> relationships, or point me in the direction of papers where this has
> been done.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Joe
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> Joseph Owen
> PhD Research
> Departments of Anthropology and Archaeology
> University of Durham
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