Table 2.
p-Values from Spearman's rank correlation between the percentage of nodes being accurately reconstructed and their distance from the root. Nodes closer to the tips are significantly more likely to be accurately reconstructed in asymmetrical trees but this is not generally true for symmetrical phylogenies.
| asymmetrical tree | symmetrical tree | |
|---|---|---|
| MB 100 | <0.001 | 0.09919 |
| maximum likelihood 100 | <0.001 | 0.027295 |
| EW 100 | <0.001 | 0.106712 |
| IW 100 | <0.001 | 0.092736 |
| MB 350 | <0.001 | 0.638242 |
| maximum likelihood 350 | <0.001 | 0.057809 |
| EW 350 | <0.001 | 0.19683 |
| IW 350 | <0.001 | 0.148108 |
| MB 1000 | <0.001 | 0.256976 |
| maximum likelihood 1000 | <0.001 | 0.085987 |
| EW 1000 | <0.001 | 0.179186 |
| IW 1000 | <0.001 | 0.287058 |