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. 2015 May 20;15:91. doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0365-6

Table 2.

Evolutionary data for six Leptodactylinae life-history traits based on stochastic Bayesian character mapping

Character Replications Expected number of transformations Expected number of character state transformation Amount of time Rate
0–1 0–2 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–3 3–0 3–1 3–2 State 0 State 1 State 2 State 3
Reproductive mode 60,000 19.87 2.53 2.6 1.1 1.04 1.3 0.5 1.9 1.4 1.8 1 0.6 4.1 0.30 0.16 0.32 0.22 8.16
Clutch size 60,000 14.30 1.78 1.9 1.72 2.6 2.3 4 0.33 0.31 0.36 5.62
Habitat 60,000 31.60 16.4 15.2 0.46 0.54 11.8
Tadpole environment 60,000 16.39 1.83 1 2.66 4.8 1.5 4.6 0.08 0.69 0.23 6.33
Nuptial spines 60,000 7.94 2.91 5.03 0.58 0.42 2.64
Egg pigmentation 60,000 13.10 6.25 6.85 0.69 0.31 4.37

Estimated number of state transformations, amount of time and rate of transformation for each character for the 35 Leptodactylinae species based on stochastic Bayesian character mapping using 600 trees (See characters codes in Table 4).