-------- Original Message -------- Subject: MorphoJ update, including new method Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:49:42 -0500 From: Chris Klingenberg <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Organization: University of Manchester To: [email protected] Dear colleagues I have uploaded a new version of MorphoJ (version 1.04a) to the web site at the normal URL: http://www.flywings.org.uk/MorphoJ_page.htm This version contains a new method that addresses the problem of phylogenetic uncertainty in comparative analyses by collecting statistics from a set of trees that represent the range of uncertainty (Collect Statistics on Tree Set). For instance, phylogenetic uncertainty might be assessed by a bootstrap analysis; this method collects the tree statistics (tree length, P-value of permutation test for a phylogenetic signal) from all of the bootstrapped trees. The update also includes the associated import function for importing sets of phylogenetic trees to be processed together (Import Phylogeny Tree Set). An example of the application of the method can be found in this paper: Klingenberg, C. P., S. Duttke, S. Whelan, and M. Kim. 2012. Developmental plasticity, morphological variation and evolvability: a multilevel analysis of morphometric integration in the shape of compound leaves. Journal of Evolutionary Biology:advance online, DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02410.x http://www.flywings.org.uk/PDF%20files/JEB2012.pdf This version also includes a bug fix for regression analysis, where some information was not passed along to the dataset of results, which might be necessary for some further analyses. Thanks to Eric Schmidt for pointing out the bug. This version also simplifies the user interface for importing phylogeny files. It eliminates the option of attaching a phylogeny to a dataset in the project (this mostly caused trouble). Instead, all phylogenies are now attached at the base of the project tree. Thanks to various people for suggesting other changes. These are in the works and will be incorporated as soon as I can manage. Best wishes, Chris -- *************************************************************** Christian Peter Klingenberg Faculty of Life Sciences The University of Manchester Michael Smith Building Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PT United Kingdom Telephone: +44 161 275 3899 Fax: +44 161 275 5082 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.flywings.org.uk Skype: chris_klingenberg ***************************************************************
