Project 3189: M. J. Hopkins, K. St. John. 2018. A new family of dissimilarity metrics for discrete character matrices that include inapplicable characters and its importance for disparity studies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285 (1892):none yet.
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Abstract

The use of discrete character data for disparity analyses has become more popular, partially due to the recognition that character data describe variation at large taxonomic scales, as well as the increasing availability of both character matrices co-opted from phylogenetic analysis and software tools. As taxonomic scope increases, the need to describe variation leads to some characters that may describe traits not found across all the taxa. In such situations, it is common practice to treat inapplicable characters as missing data when calculating dissimilarity matrices for disparity studies. For commonly used dissimilarity metrics like Wills's GED and Gower's coefficient, this can lead to the reranking of pairwise dissimilarities, resulting in taxa that share more primary character states being assigned larger dissimilarity values than taxa that share fewer. We introduce a family of metrics that proportionally weight primary characters according to the secondary characters that describe them, effectively eliminating this problem, and compare their performance to common dissimilarity metrics and previously proposed weighting schemes. When applied to empirical datasets, we confirm that choice of dissimilarity metric frequently affects the rank order of pairwise distances, differentially influencing downstream macroevolutionary inferences.


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Article DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1784

Project DOI: 10.7934/P3189, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P3189
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    Authors' Institutions

    • American Museum of Natural History

    • Hunter College - CUNY



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    Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M25496' (47 Taxa)

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    [1] Eudigraphis taiwanensis
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    [2] Glomeris marginata
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    [3] Cyliosoma sp.
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    [4] Glomeridesmus sp.
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    [5] † Cowiedesmus eroticopodus
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    [6] † Archidesmus macnicoli
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    [7] Petaserpes sp.
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    [8] Brachycybe lecontii
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    [9] Pseudopolydesmus sp.
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    [10] Prostemmiulus sp.
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    [11] Abacion magnum
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    [12] Cleidogona sp.
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    [13] † Gaspestria genselorum
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    [14] Narceus americanus
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    [15] Cambala annulata
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    [16] Cylindroiulus sp.
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    [17] † Crussolum spp.
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    [18] Scutigerina weberi
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    [19] Sphendononema guildingii
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    [20] Scutigera coleoptrata
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    [21] Lithobius forficatus
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    [22] Eupolybothrus cavernicolus
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    [23] Anopsobius giribeti
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    [24] Paralamyctes validus
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    [25] † Devonobius delta
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    [26] Craterostigmus tasmanianus
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    [27] Craterostigmus crabilli
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    [28] † Mazoscolopendra richardsoni
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    [29] Scolopendropsis bahiensis
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    [30] Akymnopellis chilensis
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    [31] Rhysida longipes
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    [32] Alipes grandidieri
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    [33] Cryptops hortensis
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    [34] Theatops spinicaudus
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    [36] Newportia adisi
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    [37] Mecistocephalus guildingii
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    [38] Tygarrup javanicus
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    [39] Notiphilides grandis
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    [40] Himantarium gabrielis
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    [41] Stenotaenia linearis
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    [42] Henia brevis
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    [43] Strigamia maritima
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    [44] Hydroschendyla submarina
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    [45] † Kachinophilus pereirai
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    [46] Hanseniella sp.
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    [47] Scutigerella sp.
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