Table 2.
Mean distances calculated as the symmetric difference of Robinson and Foulds between trees constructed using different methods for particular markers
| Marker | Data set | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 taxa | 11 taxa | |
| 12 s rRNA | 4.00 | 7.96 |
| 16 s rRNA | 3.21 | 1.89 |
| atp6 | 3.62 | 6.39 |
| atp8 | 5.24 | 6.42 |
| cox1 | 3.49 | 8.06 |
| cox2 | 3.83 | 5.80 |
| cox3 | 4.62 | 6.39 |
| CR | 1.07 | 0.50 |
| cytb | 5.86 | 8.25 |
| nd1 | 2.96 | 6.07 |
| nd2 | 5.76 | 6.57 |
| nd3 | 5.29 | 8.32 |
| nd4 | 3.79 | 6.47 |
| nd4L | 3.66 | 7.73 |
| nd5 | 4.31 | 6.04 |
| nd6 | 3.88 | 8.89 |
| tRNA1 | 2.97 | 3.72 |
| tRNA2 | 1.56 | 8.07 |
The minimum distance = 0 and maximum distance = 8 for 7-taxa set and 16 for 11-taxa set