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. 2017 Jul 14;17:166. doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-1012-1

Table 3.

Mean number of clades with a given support, posterior probability (PP) or bootstrap percentage (BP) obtained by different methods for particular markers

Marker 7 taxa 11 taxa
PP > 0.70 or BP > 50 PP > 0.95 or BP > 70 PP > 0.99 or BP > 90 PP > 0.70 or BP > 50 PP > 0.95 or BP > 70 PP > 0.99 or BP > 90
12 s rRNA 1.88 0.00 0.00 3.38 1.38 1.00
16 s rRNA 0.88 0.38 0.00 4.25 1.25 1.00
atp6 0.63 0.00 0.00 2.50 1.25 0.38
atp8 1.13 0.00 0.00 2.88 1.13 0.13
cox1 1.25 0.34 0.00 2.50 1.13 1.00
cox2 1.25 0.00 0.00 1.75 0.75 0.38
cox3 1.25 0.00 0.00 2.13 1.13 0.63
CR 3.38 2.88 1.38 7.25 4.88 3.63
cytb 1.13 0.00 0.00 3.00 1.38 1.00
nd1 1.88 1.00 0.00 3.00 2.75 1.13
nd2 0.13 0.00 0.00 2.88 2.50 1.25
nd3 0.63 0.00 0.00 1.50 0.00 0.00
nd4 2.25 0.50 0.00 3.38 1.13 0.50
nd4L 1.13 0.50 0.00 1.00 0.00 0.00
nd5 0.25 0.00 0.00 4.25 2.38 1.25
nd6 0.63 0.00 0.00 1.63 1.00 0.88
tRNA1 2.63 1.13 0.00 2.75 0.00 0.00
tRNA2 2.00 0.63 0.13 3.63 1.38 0.38

The maximum number of possible clades that can receive any support is 4 for 7-taxa set and 8 for 11-taxa set