eprintid: 10110921 rev_number: 14 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/11/09/21 datestamp: 2020-09-30 11:56:00 lastmod: 2021-10-06 22:49:34 status_changed: 2020-09-30 11:56:00 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Guillerme, T creators_name: Cooper, N creators_name: Brusatte, SL creators_name: Davis, KE creators_name: Jackson, AL creators_name: Gerber, S creators_name: Goswami, A creators_name: Healy, K creators_name: Hopkins, MJ creators_name: Jones, MEH creators_name: Lloyd, GT creators_name: O'Reilly, JE creators_name: Pate, A creators_name: Puttick, MN creators_name: Rayfield, EJ creators_name: Saupe, EE creators_name: Sherratt, E creators_name: Slater, GJ creators_name: Weisbecker, V creators_name: Thomas, GH creators_name: Donoghue, PCJ title: Disparities in the analysis of morphological disparity ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C08 divisions: D09 divisions: F96 keywords: palaeobiology, ecology, morphology, disparity, variance/ variation, multidimensionality note: © 2020 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). abstract: Analyses of morphological disparity have been used to characterize and investigate the evolution of variation in the anatomy, function and ecology of organisms since the 1980s. While a diversity of methods have been employed, it is unclear whether they provide equivalent insights. Here, we review the most commonly used approaches for characterizing and analysing morphological disparity, all of which have associated limitations that, if ignored, can lead to misinterpretation. We propose best practice guidelines for disparity analyses, while noting that there can be no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. The available tools should always be used in the context of a specific biological question that will determine data and method selection at every stage of the analysis. date: 2020-07-29 date_type: published publisher: ROYAL SOC official_url: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0199 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1794814 doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0199 lyricists_name: Jones, Marc lyricists_id: MEHJO63 actors_name: Jones, Marc actors_id: MEHJO63 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Biology Letters volume: 16 number: 7 article_number: 20200199 pages: 8 citation: Guillerme, T; Cooper, N; Brusatte, SL; Davis, KE; Jackson, AL; Gerber, S; Goswami, A; ... Donoghue, PCJ; + view all <#> Guillerme, T; Cooper, N; Brusatte, SL; Davis, KE; Jackson, AL; Gerber, S; Goswami, A; Healy, K; Hopkins, MJ; Jones, MEH; Lloyd, GT; O'Reilly, JE; Pate, A; Puttick, MN; Rayfield, EJ; Saupe, EE; Sherratt, E; Slater, GJ; Weisbecker, V; Thomas, GH; Donoghue, PCJ; - view fewer <#> (2020) Disparities in the analysis of morphological disparity. Biology Letters , 16 (7) , Article 20200199. 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0199 <https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0199>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10110921/1/Guillerme_etal_2020_disparity_evolution_Cooper_Jones_BioLett.pdf