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The use of quantitative morphometric information for phylogenetic inference has been an intensely debated topic for most of the history of phylogenetic systematics. Despite several drawbacks, the most common strategy to include this sort of data into phylogenetic studies is the use of ratios, that is quotients between morphometric variables. Here, we discuss one particular problem associated with such methodology: the fact that the often arbitrary election of which variable serves as numerator and which as denominator affects the phylogenetic outcome of the analysis. We describe the cause for such an effect, and study its implications with the use of several published data matrices. Alternative coding schemes for ratio characters result in very different phylogenetic hypotheses, an effect that may even be strong enough to affect studies that combine continuous and discrete morphological information. Some of the resulting incongruence is produced by the differences in magnitude of the continuous characters involved, although different rescaling techniques are shown to decrease, but not eliminate, the confounding effect. To eliminate such problematic effect, ratios should be either log-transformed before their use or replaced by more effective ways to capture morphometric information. © 2015 Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Overcoming problems with the use of ratios as continuous characters for phylogenetic analyses
Autor:Mongiardino Koch, N.; Soto, I.M.; Ramírez, M.J.
Filiación:Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires (IEGEBA - CONICET/UBA), Intendente Guiraldes 2160,Ciudad Universitaria (C1428 EHA), Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales - CONICET, Ángel Gallardo 490 (C1405 DJR), Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Año:2015
Volumen:44
Número:5
Página de inicio:463
Página de fin:474
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12120
Título revista:Zoologica Scripta
Título revista abreviado:Zool. Scr.
ISSN:03003256
CODEN:ZLSCA
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_03003256_v44_n5_p463_MongiardinoKoch

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Mongiardino Koch, N., Soto, I.M. & Ramírez, M.J. (2015) . Overcoming problems with the use of ratios as continuous characters for phylogenetic analyses. Zoologica Scripta, 44(5), 463-474.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12120
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Mongiardino Koch, N., Soto, I.M., Ramírez, M.J. "Overcoming problems with the use of ratios as continuous characters for phylogenetic analyses" . Zoologica Scripta 44, no. 5 (2015) : 463-474.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12120
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Mongiardino Koch, N., Soto, I.M., Ramírez, M.J. "Overcoming problems with the use of ratios as continuous characters for phylogenetic analyses" . Zoologica Scripta, vol. 44, no. 5, 2015, pp. 463-474.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12120
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Mongiardino Koch, N., Soto, I.M., Ramírez, M.J. Overcoming problems with the use of ratios as continuous characters for phylogenetic analyses. Zool. Scr. 2015;44(5):463-474.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12120