| Abstract: |
| Co-adaptation is key to understanding species evolution as different traits have to be coordinated. We have been developing fast calculation R packages (bgphy, glinvci, mvSLOUCH, pcmabc, PCMBase, PCMFit) that are able to handle general, multivariate, Gaussian, branching evolutionary dynamics. I will discuss setting up different hypotheses, consequences of measurement error, errorsome model selection, and asymptotic results that allow for improved choice of seeds for numerical procedures. The talk will be illustrated with relationships between traits in ungulates, in the genus Ferula (Apiaceae), in angiosperms, and carnivorans. |
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