Comment on "Evolutionary trade-offs, Pareto optimality, and the geometry of phenotype space"

Shoval et al. (Reports, 1 June 2012, p. 1157) showed how configurations of phenotypes may identify tasks that trade off with each other, using randomizations assuming independence of data points. I argue that this assumption may not be correct for most and possibly all examples and led to pseudorepl...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2013-02, Vol.339 (6121), p.757-757
Main Author: Edelaar, Pim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Genetic Fitness
Genotype & phenotype
Phenotype
Statistical analysis
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Summary:Shoval et al. (Reports, 1 June 2012, p. 1157) showed how configurations of phenotypes may identify tasks that trade off with each other, using randomizations assuming independence of data points. I argue that this assumption may not be correct for most and possibly all examples and led to pseudoreplication and inflated significance levels. Improved statistical testing is necessary to assess how the theory applies to empirical data.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1228281