Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Comment on Smaers et al. (2016): A nonviable phylogenetic comparative method hampered by circularity, inaccuracy, and bias
Randi H Griffin, Gabriel S Yapuncich
This paper critiques a phylogenetic comparative method, arguing it is circular, overfits data, and produces biased results despite claimed improvements over existing methods.
DOI 10.1093/biolinnean/blw030