Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40124220›Full record

ArticleEcology and evolution2025

A Unified Method for Detecting Phylogenetic Signals in Continuous, Discrete, and Multiple Trait Combinations.

Liang Yao, Ye Yuan

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Ecology and evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Liang YaoCollaborative Innovation Center of Recovery and Reconstruction of Degraded Ecosystem in Wanjiang Basin Co-Founded by Anhui Province and Ministry of Education Anhui Normal University Wuhu China.
Ye YuanCollaborative Innovation Center of Recovery and Reconstruction of Degraded Ecosystem in Wanjiang Basin Co-Founded by Anhui Province and Ministry of Education Anhui Normal University Wuhu China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7638-8097

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phylogenetic signals are widely used in ecological and evolutionary studies. Trait data used to detect phylogenetic signals can be continuous or discrete, but existing indices are designed for either type, not both. Moreover, most existing methods can only perform phylogenetic detection of individual traits, despite the fact that biological functions are often the result of interactions among multiple traits. Some attempts to detect phylogenetic signals across multiple trait combinations have employed alternative indicators, which may not align perfectly with the rigorous criteria for defining phylogenetic signals. In this study, we developed a new index (the

Indexed as

Brownian motion modelcontinuous variablediscrete variableMarkov modelmultiple trait combinationphylogenetic signal

Identifiers

PMID40124220
PMCPMC11925719

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.