Limits of Principal Components Analysis for Producing a Common Trait Space: Implications for Inferring Selection, Contingency, and Chance in Evolution

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Kevin J. Parsons ,

* E-mail: kjpars01@syr.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America
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W. James Cooper,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America
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R. Craig Albertson

Affiliation Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America
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