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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 11.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Ecol. 2018 Mar 12;27(19):3950–3963. doi: 10.1111/mec.14540

Table 1.

Summary of analysis

Clade State 1: # species in dataset (avg # tree-matched species) State 2: # species in dataset (avg # tree-matched species) State 3: # species in dataset (avg # tree-matched species) Prob. of higher transition rate
1. Transitions between gonochorism and hermaphroditism
Fish Gonochorism: 371 (178.8) Hermaphroditism: 309 (165) N/A 0.949 gonochorism to hermaphroditism

2. Transitions between ESD and GSD
Fish ESD: 61 (22) GSD: 310 (156.8) N/A 0.984 ESD to GSD
Squamates ESD: 49 (22) GSD: 389 (279) N/A 1.0 ESD to GSD

3. Transitions between homomorphic and heteromorphic sex chromosomes
Fish Homomorphic: 145 (82.2) Heteromorphic: 126 (64.1) N/A 0.699 heteromorphic to homomorphic
Amphibians Homomorphic: 94 (60.9) Heteromorphic: 45 (31.1) N/A 0.697 heteromorphic to homomorphic

4. Transitions between homomorphic vs. heteromorphic sex chromosomes and ESD
Fish Homomorphic: 137 (76.7) Heteromorphic: 125 (64.8) ESD: 52 (16.4) 0.437 heteromorphic to ESD

5. Transitions between XY and ZW sex determination systems
Fish XY: 204 (110.5) ZW: 92 (47) N/A 0.999 ZW to XY
Squamates XY: 116 (88) ZW: 231 (160) N/A 0.779 ZW to XY
Amphibians XY: 67 (46.2) ZW: 32 (28) N/A 0.560 ZW to XY