Table 2. Characteristics of the nuclear alignments used for Bayesian phylogenetic analyses and posterior probabilities obtained for the different giraffe taxa.
| Alignments | Substitution Model* | Length* | IS* | C | R | T | G | CR | CRG | CRT | GT | Th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACP5 | F81+G | 640 | 9 | - | 0.03 | - | 0.04 | 0.75 | - | 0.52 | - | - |
| C1orf74 | F81 | 870 | 9 | - | - | - | 1.00 | - | - | - | 1.00 | - |
| CCT2 | HKY | 812 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| COL5A2 | HKY | 878 | 7 | - | - | 0.96 | - | - | - | - | 0.04 | - |
| CTAGE5 | HKY | 839 | 13 | - | - | 0.64 | 0.10 | 1.00 | - | - | - | - |
| CWF19L1 | HKY | 668 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1.00 | - | - | - | - |
| DDX1 | HKY | 734 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.43 | - |
| DHX36 | HKY | 815 | 11 | - | - | - | 0.98 | - | - | 1.00 | - | - |
| IGF2B1 | HKY+G | 801 | 7 | - | - | - | 0.90 | - | - | - | - | 1.00 |
| MACF1 | HKY | 718 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| NOTCH2 | F81 | 854 | 5 | - | - | - | 0.50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| NUP155 | HKY | 657 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| OTOF | K80 | 741 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PLCE1 | HKY | 836 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| RASSF4 | SYM+G | 645 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| RFC5 | HKY+G | 825 | 9 | - | - | 0.75 | - | - | 0.70 | - | ||
| SAP130 | HKY+G | 888 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SOS1 | F81 | 760 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1.00 | - | - | - | - |
| UBN2 | F81 | 719 | 11 | - | - | 1.00 | - | - | 1.00 | - | - | - |
| USP33 | HKY+G | 937 | 13 | - | - | - | 1.00 | - | - | - | 0.98 | - |
| USP54 | HKY | 1329 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.98 | - |
| nuDNA | GTR+I+G | 16966 | 187 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | - | - | 0.82 | - |
IS: Informative sites for parsimony within Giraffa; C: G. camelopardalis sensu stricto B (subspecies camelopardalis, antiquorum, rothschildi, peralta); R: G. reticulata; T: G. tippelskirchi (subspecies tippelskirchi and thornicrofti); G: G. giraffa; Th: G. thornicrofti; "-": not found; “*”: outgroups excluded.