Table 3. Composition of eight molecular data sets constructed for phylogenetic analyses.
| Dataset name | Taxon sampling | Dataset composition | Alignment length (bps) | Parsimony informative sites (bps) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16S-only | 163 taxa | 16S rRNA | 1,105 | 521 |
| CO1-only | 148 taxa | CO1 | 657 | 260 |
| 28S-only | 66 taxa | 28S rRNA D1–D2 region (>500 bps) | 1,224 | 184 |
| H3-only | 123 taxa | H3 | 327 | 106 |
| 174 taxa concatenated | 174 taxa | 16S rRNA − 163 taxa/CO1 − 148 taxa/28S rRNA − 85 taxa/H3 – 123 taxa | 3,313 | 1,080 |
| 163 taxa concatenated | 163 taxa | 16S rRNA − 163 taxa/CO1 − 138 taxa/28S rRNA − 74 taxa/H3 − 115 taxa | 3,313 | 1,074 |
| 138 taxa concatenated | 138 taxa | 16S rRNA − 138 taxa/CO1 − 138 taxa/28S rRNA − 70 taxa/H3 − 103 taxa | 3,313 | 1,039 |
| Brusinia-16S | 309 taxa | 16S rRNA − 163 taxa (as above) + Brusinia profunda + 145 taxa (Tsang et al., 2014) | 447 | 237 |