Table 2.
Species delineation results of Meioglossus using ABGD and ASAP methods for single datasets of 16S and COI (18S and H3 are omitted due to incomplete coverage and limited variation), bPTP and GMYC methods for both single and concatenated datasets.
| Gene dataset | ABGD | ASAP | bPTP | GMYC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Est. ent | Est. ent | Est. ent (C.I.) | Mean | ML entities (C.I.) | Likelihood ratio | P | |
| 16S | 9 | 9 | 9 (9–15) | 10.15 | 9 (9–10) | 32.42027 | 9.12e − 08*** |
| COI | 9 | 9 | 9 (8–15) | 9.98 | 9 (9–10) | 23.36372 | 8.45e − 06*** |
| 16S + COI | na | na | 9 (9–14) | 9.58 | 10 (9–11) | 31.40941 | 1.51e − 07*** |
| 16S + 18S + COI + H3 | na | na | 9 (8–14) | 9.50 | 9 (8–10) | 17.14535 | 0.0002*** |
Abbreviations: C.I., confidence interval; ent, entities; Est, estimated; ML, maximum likelihood; na, not applicable.
***P ≤ 0.001.