| Title |
Universal Artifacts Affect the Branching of Phylogenetic Trees, Not Universal Scaling Laws
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0004611 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Cristian R. Altaba |
| Abstract |
The superficial resemblance of phylogenetic trees to other branching structures allows searching for macroevolutionary patterns. However, such trees are just statistical inferences of particular historical events. Recent meta-analyses report finding regularities in the branching pattern of phylogenetic trees. But is this supported by evidence, or are such regularities just methodological artifacts? If so, is there any signal in a phylogeny? |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 89 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 8% |
| Germany | 3 | 3% |
| Brazil | 3 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Argentina | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 3 | 3% |
| Unknown | 67 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 36 | 40% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 19% |
| Professor | 9 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 7% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 12 | 13% |
| Unknown | 5 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 56 | 63% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 12 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 2% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 6 | 7% |
| Unknown | 8 | 9% |