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Pierre F.D. Cockx

Chinese Academy of SciencesORCID 0000-0002-9624-6878Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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PaleontologySystematic BiologyPeer-reviewedSep 13, 2025

Estimating ancestral states of complex characters: a case study on the evolution of feathers

Pierre F.D. Cockx, Michael J. Benton, Joseph N. Keating

This study compares ancestral state estimation methods for feather evolution, finding that tree time scaling, outgroup selection, and model choice significantly affect results.

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