Dataset for: Pulsed evolution shaped extant angiosperm pollen disparity

Read full text
Authors: Yang Luo, Hong-Tao Li, Tao zhibin, Phillip Jardine, Hong Wang
Cited by: 0

Abstract

This repository contains the primary data and scripts underlying the analyses presented in this study on angiosperm pollen morphological evolution and disparity. The files include the original morphological character matrix, time-calibrated phylogenetic trees, molecular sequence data, distance matrices, and all scripts required to reproduce the main results and figures. Specifically, Data1_Original_coding_matrix.xlsx provides the genus-level discrete pollen character matrix used for morphospace, disparity, and evolutionary-rate analyses. Data2_MCCtrees.zip contains three time-calibrated angiosperm phylogenies (Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous crown scenarios) in NEXUS format, which were used for disparity-through-time and rate analyses. Data3_Molecular_Dataset.nex includes the molecular alignment used to infer angiosperm phylogenetic relationships. Data4_Configuration file.txt contains the configuration file used for divergence-time estimation with TreePL. Data5_Distance_Matrix.zip provides the MORD morphological distance matrices (α = 0.5) used for ordination, disparity, and convergence analyses. Data6_Scripts.zip includes all R scripts used to perform ordinations (NMDS, PCoA), disparity calculations, bootstrap analyses, rate tests, and figure generation.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Plant Diversity and Evolution Evolution and Paleontology Studies Morphological variations and asymmetry

Publication details

Journal / source
Figshare
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Dataset