1996 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A NEW DEVELOPMENT OF COMPATATIVE METHOD IN ECOLOGY
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07640838
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
生態
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| Research Institution | KYUSHU UNIVERSITY (1996)
Niigata University (1995) |
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Principal Investigator |
KASUYA Eiiti Kyushu University, Department of Biology, Associate Professor, 理学部, 助教授 (00161050)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1995 – 1996
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| Keywords | comparative method / evolution / intraspecific variation / simulation / phylogenetic tree / 系統樹 |
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| Research Abstract |
Validity of comapative methods that use phylogenetic information under incomplete phylogenetic information was examined by computer simulation. Independent contrast method, higher taxon averaging method, within-taxon comparison method were tested. All the methods were not free from the incompleteness of phylogenetic information. Independent contrast method used the information most effectively. The effect of incompleteness of phylogenetic information was large in independent contrast method and derived the higher rate of type 1 error.
For independent contrast method, the effect of intraspecific variation was examined. The rate of type 1 error was affected by the pattern of intraspecific variation. The variation of sample size in each species had the similar effect with intraspecific variation. Correction using the amount of intraspecific variation was effective only under the case where the amount of intraspecific variation was known from another large sample. The variation in evolutionary rate had the similar effect with intraspecific variation. The programs developed for the simulation was also useful in data analysis.
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