Reversals as branch support in biogeographical Parsimony Analysis

Authors
Enghoff, H
Citation
H. Enghoff, Reversals as branch support in biogeographical Parsimony Analysis, VIE MILIEU, 50(4), 2000, pp. 255-260
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
VIE ET MILIEU-LIFE AND ENVIRONMENT
ISSN journal
02408759 → ACNP
Volume
50
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
255 - 260
Database
ISI
SICI code
0240-8759(200012)50:4<255:RABSIB>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
When Brooks Parsimony Analysis (BPA) or Parsimony Analysis of Endemicity (P AE) is performed under Wagner Parsimony, some branches in the resulting res olved area cladogram(s), may be supported by reversals, interpreted as exti nctions. Such support is meaningless, so one may perform the analysis with irreversible characters. This, in turn, will increase the number of indepen dent forward character changes on the resolved area cladogram(s) which can also be problematical in BPA, but not in PAE.