Inferring Phenotypic Trait Evolution on Large Trees With Many Incomplete Measurements
在大量测量不完整的大型系统发育树上推断表型性状演化
Comparative biologists are often interested in inferring covariation between multiple biological traits sampled across numerous related taxa. To properly study these relationships, we must control for the shared evolutionary history of the taxa to avoid spurious inference. An additional challenge arises as obtaining a full suite of measurements becomes increasingly difficult with increasing taxa. This generally necessitates data imputation or integration, and existing…