Factors contributing to the accumulation of reproductive isolation: A mixed model approach.

ABSTRACT: The analysis of large datasets describing reproductive isolation between species has been extremely influential in the study of speciation. However, the statistical methods currently used for these data limit the ability to make direct inferences about the factors predicting the evolution of reproductive isolation. As a result, our understanding of iconic patterns and rules of speciation rely on indirect analyses that have clear statistical limitations. Phylogenetic mixed models are commonly used in ecology and evolution, but have not been applied to studies of reproductive isolation. Here I describe a flexible framework using phylogenetic mixed models to analyze data collected at different evolutionary scales, to test both categorical and continuous predictor variables, and to test the ef

SUBMITTER: Castillo DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5552923 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature