Dear Jacqueline

You say that you “agree it was the nail in the coffin for the coding of X, Y, 
and Z coordinates as independent characters”. Actually, the simulations in the 
paper by Varón-González et al. are based on lineages/taxa evolving in 
multidimensional spaces without specifying anything about the nature of the 
dimensions of those spaces. So they may be the x, y, and/or z coordinates of 
landmarks, or they may be the dimensions of a shape tangent space based on 
landmarks (following Kendall etc.) or different shape tangent spaces (e.g. 
based on outlines or surfaces; see Srivastava & Klassen, Functional and Shape 
Data Analysis, Springer, 2016) or perhaps a morphospace obtained by entirely 
different considerations altogether.
The key assumptions of that study were a multidimensional morphospace and 
evolution characterised as a random walk by some sort of Brownian motion, 
possibly with additions for morphological integration (Brownian motion with 
different evolutionary rates in different directions of the morphospace) and/or 
for stabilising selection (via Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process).

These assumptions are rather general, and should therefore be reasonable for 
many situations where one might consider using morphometric data for inferring 
phylogenies. This generality was intentional when we designed the simulations, 
in the hope that the paper by Varón-González et al. would be able to provide a 
decisive answer to the question we set out to address. As the simulation 
results turned out, this answer is rather discouraging.
As far as I am aware, most attempts to explain why it should be possible to use 
morphometric data for inferring phylogenies have referred, in one way or 
another and sometimes more explicitly and sometimes more implicitly,  to just 
such Brownian motion processes or their variants. Therefore, the simulations in 
the paper by Varón-González et al. should apply to those discussions and also 
to the question you recently raised in this forum.

I hope this helps.

Best wishes,
Chris


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Date: Monday, 5 February 2024 at 16:51
To: andrea cardini <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MORPHMET2] Compiling metadata on all methods of phylogenetic 
inference using GM data
Good morning I have the impression that the SB paper by Varón-González et al. 
was almost the nail in the coffin on the usefulness of morphometric data in 
phylogenetic inference. I agree it was the nail in the coffin for the coding of 
X, Y,
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Good morning

I have the impression that the SB paper by Varón-González et al. was almost the 
nail in the coffin on the usefulness of morphometric data in phylogenetic 
inference.

I agree it was the nail in the coffin for the coding of X, Y, and Z coordinates 
as independent characters, which to my knowledge was never justified to being 
with, even in a resistant-fit context (correct me if I’m wrong).


I am not saying that they're totally useless, but are difficult to model and, 
more importantly, even when they carry a signal, cases in which the signal is 
so strong to retrieve an accurate phylogeny are probably the exception.

I suspect this is partly because most published phylogenetic morphometric 
studies only sample one configuration without testing for modularity or 
including additional configurations, which is the antithesis of the total 
evidence requirement (see reviews by Catalano, et al. 2015 [academic.oup.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/64/2/294/1632736__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiAH5g85lQ$<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/64/2/294/1632736__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiAH5g85lQ$>>;
 Catalano & Torres 2017 [onlinelibrary.wiley.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/zsc.12186__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiDiPPynQg$<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/zsc.12186__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiDiPPynQg$>>).
 But the practical difficulties in modeling remain (e.g., logical 
interdependence between vertices within a configuration; interdependence 
between configurations; the appropriateness of squared vs. linear 
displacements; superimposition at “interspecific” vs. “intraspecific” levels; 
quantifying affine shape changes along branches; static vs. dynamic 
homology/transitivity for pseudo-landmark data; the tree-length flattening 
problem reported by Bardin et al., 2013 [onlinelibrary.wiley.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1749-4877.12076__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiDt3NXKWA$<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1749-4877.12076__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiDt3NXKWA$>>),
 and I don’t know what the solutions are.


There are inaccuracies (for instance, we might have stated PCs were good as 
they're indep., when used in ML, but it is wrong) and I don't think those are 
particularly good methods.


Also agreed, don’t have much to add.


Thank you in advance for your time.


Jacqueline S. Silviria
The Last King of the Jungle

Department of Earth & Space Science
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>

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On Feb 5, 2024, at 12:52 AM, andrea cardini 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Dear Jacqueline,
I have the impression that the SB paper by Varón-González et al. was almost the 
nail in the coffin on the usefulness of morphometric data in phylogenetic 
inference. I am not saying that they're totally useless, but are difficult to 
model and, more importantly, even when they carry a signal, cases in which the 
signal is so strong to retrieve an accurate phylogeny are probably the 
exception. I may be wrong!

There are a few papers in which we used ML and NJ (attached). There are 
inaccuracies (for instance, we might have stated PCs were good as they're 
indep., when used in ML, but it is wrong) and I don't think those are 
particularly good methods. I see them as relatively simple tools to explore 
similarities with some less constraints compared to UPGMA and the like.

It would be really nice to have a review on this topic. Keep us updated on what 
you find!
Good luck

Andrea

PS
An interesting issue few have explored (Caumul & Polly and some of my papers) 
is the effect of sampling error on species means when those species are used to 
reconstruct phenetic or phyletic relationships: it can be large especially 
where differences are smaller (say, species within a genus).



On 02/02/2024 06:30, Jacqueline Silviria wrote:
Good morning,
I have been investigating the utility of parsimony and likelihood methods of 
phylogenetic inference using GM data, specifically for specimen-level analyses 
of mammalian postcanine dentition. I am compiling a list of all published 
phylogenetic morphometric methods, to determine which ones would be feasible 
for evaluation within the constraints of my current research goals and the 
processing power of my M2 Max MacBook Pro.
Below is a list of undiscretized methods (i.e., those that attempt to analyze 
continuously varying data “as such”, without a priori discretization) I’ve 
encountered in the literature thus far, with abbreviations modified from 
Catalano & Torres (2017) 
<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/zsc.12186><https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/zsc.12186%3e>
 [onlinelibrary.wiley.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/zsc.12186<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/zsc.12186>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiAffEUUwg$>:
- LAUP (Landmark Analysis Under [Wagner-like] Parsimony), PM (Phylogenetic 
Morphometrics in capital letters), “Simultaneous mapping": Catalano et al. 
(2010) 
<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00302.x><https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00302.x%3e>
 [onlinelibrary.wiley.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00302.x<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00302.x>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiC-a0eHpQ$>,
 Goloboff & Catalano (2011) 
<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00318.x><https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00318.x%3e>
 [onlinelibrary.wiley.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00318.x<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00318.x>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiAdF179NQ$>,
 Catalano & Goloboff (2012) 
<https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/61/3/392/1669518><https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/61/3/392/1669518%3e>
 [academic.oup.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/61/3/392/1669518<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/61/3/392/1669518>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiDH-0mRtA$>,
 Perrard et al. (2016) 
<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cla.12138><https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cla.12138%3e>
 [onlinelibrary.wiley.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cla.12138<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cla.12138>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiABnuNlkw$>,
 etc. This is the most widely applied method I’ve seen in the literature after 
neighbor-joining, and the one I’m most familiar with, but Adams et al. (2013) 
<http://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/A-field-comes-of-age-geometric-morphometrics-in-the-21st-century,77238,0,2.html><http://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/A-field-comes-of-age-geometric-morphometrics-in-the-21st-century,77238,0,2.html%3e>
 [italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/A-field-comes-of-age-geometric-morphometrics-in-the-21st-century,77238,0,2.html<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/A-field-comes-of-age-geometric-morphometrics-in-the-21st-century,77238,0,2.html>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiAVbmCuDA$>
 and Ascarrunz et al. (2019) 
<https://peerj.com/articles/7476/><https://peerj.com/articles/7476/%3e> 
[peerj.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://peerj.com/articles/7476/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/peerj.com/articles/7476/>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiBAW8CpqQ$>
 have expressed reservations. No ML or Bayesian equivalents exist.
- LC-P (Landmark coordinates under [Wagner-like] parsimony), “Linear 
parsimony": Gold et al. (2014) 
<https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0105793><https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0105793%3e>
 [journals.plos.org] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371>*journal.pone.0105793*3E__;LyU!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiB9ygWBIA$>,
 Ascarrunz et al. (2019) 
<https://peerj.com/articles/7476/><https://peerj.com/articles/7476/%3e> 
[peerj.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://peerj.com/articles/7476/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/peerj.com/articles/7476/>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiBAW8CpqQ$>.
 Heavily criticized by Varón-González et al. (2020) 
<https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/69/5/863/5716339><https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/69/5/863/5716339%3e>
 [academic.oup.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/69/5/863/5716339<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/69/5/863/5716339>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiCEQCruZw$>,
 though their rationale was in turn criticized by other skeptics of this method 
(see review by Goloboff, 2022 
<https://www.routledge.com/Refining-Phylogenetic-Analyses-Phylogenetic-Analysis-of-Morphological-Data/Goloboff/p/book/9780367420277><https://www.routledge.com/Refining-Phylogenetic-Analyses-Phylogenetic-Analysis-of-Morphological-Data/Goloboff/p/book/9780367420277%3e>
 [routledge.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.routledge.com/Refining-Phylogenetic-Analyses-Phylogenetic-Analysis-of-Morphological-Data/Goloboff/p/book/9780367420277<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.routledge.com/Refining-Phylogenetic-Analyses-Phylogenetic-Analysis-of-Morphological-Data/Goloboff/p/book/9780367420277>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiAtwfKFKA$>)
- LC-SCP (Landmark coordinates under square-change parsimony): If understand 
correctly, this is what Ascarrunz et al. (2019) 
<https://peerj.com/articles/7476/><https://peerj.com/articles/7476/%3e> 
[peerj.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://peerj.com/articles/7476/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/peerj.com/articles/7476/>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiBAW8CpqQ$>
 had to write an R script for to replicate methods proposed elsewhere (e.g., 
McArdle & Rodrigo, 1994 
<https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/43/4/573/1686245><https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/43/4/573/1686245%3e>
 [academic.oup.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/43/4/573/1686245<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/43/4/573/1686245>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiCRonIJVg$>,
 Rohlf, 2001 
<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00731.x><https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00731.x%3e>
 [onlinelibrary.wiley.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00731.x<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00731.x>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiCdr5xp6g$>,
 Klingenberg & Gidaszewski, 2010 
<https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/59/3/245/1699888><https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/59/3/245/1699888%3e>
 [academic.oup.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/59/3/245/1699888<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/59/3/245/1699888>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiBMpeMYEw$>).
 I suspect it originates in part from Maddison (1991) 
<https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/40/3/304/1627756><https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/40/3/304/1627756%3e>
 [academic.oup.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/40/3/304/1627756<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/40/3/304/1627756>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiDm9t8IBw$>,
 but feel free to point out an earlier justification.
- LC-ME (Landmark coordinates under [Cavalli-Sforza & Edwards, 1967 
<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1967.tb03411.x><https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1967.tb03411.x%3e>
 [onlinelibrary.wiley.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1967.tb03411.x<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1967.tb03411.x>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiD7MJ9uAg$>]
 minimum evolution), “Euclidean parsimony”: Oldest use I can find is 
Varón-González et al. (2020) 
<https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/69/5/863/5716339><https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/69/5/863/5716339%3e>
 [academic.oup.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/69/5/863/5716339<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/69/5/863/5716339>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiCEQCruZw$>,
 who ultimately criticize it. Also heavily criticized by Goloboff (2022 
<https://www.routledge.com/Refining-Phylogenetic-Analyses-Phylogenetic-Analysis-of-Morphological-Data/Goloboff/p/book/9780367420277><https://www.routledge.com/Refining-Phylogenetic-Analyses-Phylogenetic-Analysis-of-Morphological-Data/Goloboff/p/book/9780367420277%3e>
 [routledge.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.routledge.com/Refining-Phylogenetic-Analyses-Phylogenetic-Analysis-of-Morphological-Data/Goloboff/p/book/9780367420277<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.routledge.com/Refining-Phylogenetic-Analyses-Phylogenetic-Analysis-of-Morphological-Data/Goloboff/p/book/9780367420277>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiAtwfKFKA$>).
- LC-ML (Landmark coordinates under maximum likelihood): Oldest use I can find 
is Ascarrunz et al. (2019) 
<https://peerj.com/articles/7476/><https://peerj.com/articles/7476/%3e> 
[peerj.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://peerj.com/articles/7476/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/peerj.com/articles/7476/>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiBAW8CpqQ$>,
 though I swear there was at least one previous application.
- LC-BI (Landmark coordinates under Bayesian inference): Parins-Fukuchi (2018 
<https://academic.oup.com/evolut/article/72/9/1801/6882142><https://academic.oup.com/evolut/article/72/9/1801/6882142%3e>
 [academic.oup.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://academic.oup.com/evolut/article/72/9/1801/6882142<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/academic.oup.com/evolut/article/72/9/1801/6882142>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiDkq73Z-w$>),
 Zhang et al. (2023 in press) 
<https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sysbio/syad067/7470783><https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sysbio/syad067/7470783%3e>
 [academic.oup.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sysbio/syad067/7470783<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/academic.oup.com/sysbio/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sysbio/syad067/7470783>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiAUCIgrkQ$>.
- PC-P (Principal components under [Wagner-like] parsimony): González-José et 
al. (2008) 
<https://www.nature.com/articles/nature06891><https://www.nature.com/articles/nature06891%3e>
 [nature.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/nature06891<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.nature.com/articles/nature06891>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiBdNYOfjQ$>.
 Heavily criticized Adams et al. (2011) 
<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248410000278><https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248410000278%3e>
 [sciencedirect.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248410000278<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248410000278>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiCmOckTLg$>,
 which prompted a response from González-José et al. (2011) 
<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248410002356><https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248410002356%3e>
 [sciencedirect.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248410002356<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248410002356>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiDm9zDGVg$>;
 see also criticisms by Catalano et al. (2010) 
<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00302.x><https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00302.x%3e>
 [onlinelibrary.wiley.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00302.x<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00302.x>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiC-a0eHpQ$>,
 Goloboff, 2022 
<https://www.routledge.com/Refining-Phylogenetic-Analyses-Phylogenetic-Analysis-of-Morphological-Data/Goloboff/p/book/9780367420277><https://www.routledge.com/Refining-Phylogenetic-Analyses-Phylogenetic-Analysis-of-Morphological-Data/Goloboff/p/book/9780367420277%3e>
 [routledge.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.routledge.com/Refining-Phylogenetic-Analyses-Phylogenetic-Analysis-of-Morphological-Data/Goloboff/p/book/9780367420277<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.routledge.com/Refining-Phylogenetic-Analyses-Phylogenetic-Analysis-of-Morphological-Data/Goloboff/p/book/9780367420277>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiAtwfKFKA$>.
- PC-ML (Principal components under maximum likelihood): Caumul & Polly (2005) 
<https://academic.oup.com/evolut/article/59/11/2460/6756964><https://academic.oup.com/evolut/article/59/11/2460/6756964%3e>
 [academic.oup.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://academic.oup.com/evolut/article/59/11/2460/6756964<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/academic.oup.com/evolut/article/59/11/2460/6756964>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiBUQ7GWGA$>,
 González-José et al. (2008) 
<https://www.nature.com/articles/nature06891><https://www.nature.com/articles/nature06891%3e>
 [nature.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/nature06891<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.nature.com/articles/nature06891>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiBdNYOfjQ$>,
 Parins-Fukuchi (2021) 
<https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0754><https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0754%3e>
 [royalsocietypublishing.org] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0754<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0754>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiBQRtSWww$>.
 Criticized by Adams et al. (2011) 
<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248410000278><https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248410000278%3e>
 [sciencedirect.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248410000278<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248410000278>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiCmOckTLg$>.
 So far, I haven’t encountered a Bayesian equivalent.
- PD-NJ (Procrustes distances under neighbor-joining): Used in many studies 
since at least Lockwood et al. (2004) 
<https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.0306235101><https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.0306235101%3e>
 [pnas.org] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.0306235101<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.0306235101>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiBoHra0PA$>,
 not necessarily phylogenetic. Most recently favorably compared to LAUP in 
terms of performance by Weisbecker et al. (2023) 
<https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2022.0085><https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2022.0085%3e>
 [royalsocietypublishing.org] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2022.0085<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2022.0085>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiDB0PSggg$>.
- PD-ML (Procrustes distances under maximum likelihood): I’m most familiar with 
Waddell’s (2014 
<https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.00019><https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.00019%3e> 
[arxiv.org] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.00019<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/arxiv.org/abs/1501.00019>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiBPXICKpQ$>,
 2015 <https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.09115><https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.09115%3e> 
[arxiv.org] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.09115<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/arxiv.org/abs/1512.09115>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiBsg68_7A$>,
 2018 
<https://direct.mit.edu/books/edited-volume/3632/chapter/121314/The-Phylogenomic-Origins-and-Definition-of-Homo><https://direct.mit.edu/books/edited-volume/3632/chapter/121314/The-Phylogenomic-Origins-and-Definition-of-Homo%3e>
 [direct.mit.edu] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://direct.mit.edu/books/edited-volume/3632/chapter/121314/The-Phylogenomic-Origins-and-Definition-of-Homo<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/direct.mit.edu/books/edited-volume/3632/chapter/121314/The-Phylogenomic-Origins-and-Definition-of-Homo>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiCg0BBoFg$>)
 application, though I’m sure it’s been used before. So far, I haven’t 
encountered any parsimony or Bayesian equivalents.
- PF-ML (Polynomial fits under maximum likelihood): If I understand correctly, 
this is the method currently being developed by J. Felsenstein and F. L. 
Bookstein referenced by Catalano & Goloboff (2012) 
<https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/61/3/392/1669518><https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/61/3/392/1669518%3e>
 [academic.oup.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/61/3/392/1669518<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/61/3/392/1669518>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiDH-0mRtA$>.
 But it’s only vaguely alluded to in their recent works (e.g., Bookstein, 2016 
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11692-016-9382-7><https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11692-016-9382-7%3e>
 [link.springer.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11692-016-9382-7<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11692-016-9382-7>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiDAwGWlYg$>,
 2023 
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11692-023-09607-2><https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11692-023-09607-2%3e>
 [link.springer.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11692-023-09607-2<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11692-023-09607-2>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiDGTTvMCw$>),
 which otherwise aren’t focussed on phylogenetics.
- EFD-P (Elliptical Fourier descriptors under under [Wagner-like] parsimony): 
Carlo et al. (2011) 
<https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/BBLv220n3p224><https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/BBLv220n3p224%3e>
 [journals.uchicago.edu] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/BBLv220n3p224<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/BBLv220n3p224>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiAhs58O5w$>.
- ES-P (Eigenaxis scores [from elliptical Fourier descriptors] under 
[Wagner-like] parsimony): Smith & Hendricks (2013) 
<https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/62/3/366/1650286><https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/62/3/366/1650286%3e>
 [academic.oup.com] 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/62/3/366/1650286<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/62/3/366/1650286>*3E__;JQ!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!D2EJN_USzQEsuvfmpLnmDV0EXkoC6OAkg6RvxodLuZl2iQdm2JUmdYluqpHpgQIyGiaPF9eRXGIGpiZIYiCfS3eILw$>.
 So far, I haven’t encountered ML or Bayesian equivalents of this one or of 
EFD-P.
I’d like to know which of the above methods (if any) have been used by MORPHMET 
subscribers, and if there are additional techniques and publications I’ve 
missed (especially those either offering or addressing criticism). Note that 
although all of the above methods are tied to issues of character 
optimization/ancestor-state reconstruction, I’m primarily interested in 
generating original topologies, not mapping GM data onto pre-existing 
topologies as in phylogenetic comparative methods. I’m currently uninterested 
in discretizing GM data, but I’d still like to hear if any MORPHMET subscribers 
have used discretization methods (e.g., gap-coding, gap-weighting, simple-gap, 
ANOVA-MRT).
Thank you all in advance for your time.
Jacqueline S. Silviria
The Last King of the Jungle
Department of Earth & Space Science
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 
<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, 
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ResearchGate profile 
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