TABLE 1.

Data sets used for evaluation of the EPA

Data	Type	Length	Number of taxa	Number of QS	Number of inner QS
D140	AA	1104	140	95	9
D150	N	1269	150	66	10
D218	N	2294	218	80	14
D500	N	1398	500	205	29
D628	N	1228	628	210	20
D714	N	1241	714	293	61
D855	N	1436	855	344	48
D1604	N	1276	1604	541	83

Note: The columns contain (from left to right): the name of the data; the type of the data (N: nucleotides and AA: amino acids); and the length of the data (i.e., number of sites in the alignment); for definitions of QS and inner QS, see the main text).