Interestingly, our finding may suggest that results from comparative linkage meta-analyses (CLMA) of extant data may serve to guide selection of the most appropriate type of follow-up analyses.
Finally, we conclude with an analysis of extant data to derive reasonable parameter values.
Analysis of extant data is inherently restricted to the data that were collected.
However, the analyses of extant teleost genomes combined with the data presented here from the spotted gar, an out-group to teleost evolution, allowed us to resolve the rearrangements.
Phylogenetic analyses of morphological data showed that both fossil genera are nested within extant Triuridaceae.
Diverse analyses of these data resolved the relationships of 74 taxa that represent all extant families and 11 extinct families of Cetacea.
We selected these predictors based on information from extant literature and because they were significant predictors in initial bivariate analyses of the data.
The moral of this story: working with extant data necessarily brings with it natural limitations.
Results of the analyses of this data were revealed last week.
A further bias in our current system is the lack of gendered analyses of healthcare data.
