I'm not even sure if I am supposed to send some of those questions to this list, but this was the only place where I felt confident to ask them.I am working with a small comparative data set (8 species), but was thinking about including data from other studies using the same species. Incorporating phylogenetic information, should I input only one data point, estimating the parameter by some meta-analysis method, or should I include information of each study as a separate "species", perhaps using polytomies? I ask this question because the data from the other studies I wish to use come from the same species, but different strains, and I do believe that the different genetic background can account for some differences observed in the studies... This is, of course, the first step in the analyses, but I was wondering how should I organize my data. Are there any references for that? Thanks in advance, -- Caio Maximino Laboratório de Neurociências e Comportamento - UFPA
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