TABLE 1.

Phylogenetic parameters of the SRY gene and adjacent noncoding genomic flanks in Felidae

Genomic region	No. BPa	No. variable sites	% variable sites	No. PI sitesb	% PI sites	MP tree length	CIc	No. homoplasies	No. species defining auto apomorphiesd	Lineage support: ME/MP/ML	No. lineages recovered	Trees
5′ genomic flank	997	176	17.6	81	46.0	216	0.88	19	129	ME < 50–100%	6 of 8	Supplemental Figure 3e
										MP < 50–100%
										ML < 50–100%
SRY	706	85	12	34	40.0	91	0.9560	4	54	ME 57–100%	6 of 8	Figure 2A
										MP 52–100%
										ML 59–100%
NH3 terminus	157	25	15.9	10	40.0	NA	NA	3	17	NA	NA
HMG box	234	20	8.5	8	40.0	NA	NA	0	13	NA	NA
COOH terminus	315	40	12.7	16	40.0	NA	NA	1	24	NA	NA
3′ genomic flank	948	188	19.8	81	46.0	221	0.9050	18	144	ME < 68–100%	8 of 8	Supplemental Figure 4e
										MP < 64–100%
										ML < 73–100%
Combined	2653	449	16.9	230	46.0	534	0.8914	47	338	ME 79–100%	8 of 8	Figure 3
										MP 88–100%
										ML 94–100%

^aAmbiguous sites excluded, see supplemental Figure 2 at http://www.genetics.org/supplemental/.

^bParsimonious informative sites.

^cConsistency index.

^dExcluding indels.

^ehttp://www.genetics.org/supplemental/.