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Evolutionary biology

a tree-scaling parameter that measures how far trait covariance among species follows the phylogeny, from zero (no signal) to one (Brownian expectation).

In evolutionary biology, Pagel's lambda refers to a tree-scaling parameter that measures how far trait covariance among species follows the phylogeny, from zero (no signal) to one (Brownian expectation). This meaning comes from Pagel (1999) in Nature.[1]

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References

Pagel, M. (1999). Inferring the historical patterns of biological evolution. Nature, 401(6756), 877-884. https://doi.org/10.1038/44766

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