Table 4. Estimates of the phylogenetic signal for each variable using Pagel's Lambda.
Variables | λ (Phylogeny A) | λ (Phylogeny B) |
Eye diameter | 0.94<0.001, <0.001 | 0.750.02, <0.001 |
Lens diameter | 0.95<0.001, <0.001 | 0.790.02, <0.001 |
Standard length | <0.0011.0, <0.001 | <0.0011.0, <0.001 |
Residuals (eye/SL) | 0.96<0.001, <0.001 | 0.94<0.001, <0.001 |
Dn/Vn organs | 1<0.001, 1.0 | 1<0.001,1.0 |
Caudal luminous organs | 1<0.001, 1.0 | 1<0.001,1.0 |
Luminous patches | 0.99<0.001, <0.001 | 0.99<0.001, <0.001 |
Luminous tissue sexual dimorphism | 0.93<0.001, <0.001 | 0.97<0.001, <0.001 |
Day depth | <0.0011.0, 0.04 | 0.790.113, <0.001 |
Night depth | 0.75<0.001, <0.001 | 0.67<0.001, <0.001 |
The results are presented for one of the ten randomly selected polytomy resolved phylogenies for the two different phylogenies. A λ value of 1 indicates that the trait gradually accumulates changes over time in a Brownian motion process. A λ values of 0 indicates that no phylogenetic signal is present and that traits have evolved in response to selective processes. The superscript values are likelihood ratio tests different from 0 and 1. Sample size is 61 for all variables except day depth (58).