Table 1.

Model comparison via AIC_c of prey species diversity and prey MPD as predictors of venom transcript complexity

	Null	Sp. Div.		MPD
Analysis/tree	AICc	AICc	P	AICc	P
Protein complexity
1. Astral-III	164.0	164.4	0.18	161.9	0.031
2. RAxML	164.3	164.7	0.18	162.0	0.029
3. Alencar et al. (55)	101.5	102.7	0.28	98.7	0.020
4. Blair et al. (56)	101.7	102.4	0.21	98.7	0.019
Transcript complexity
1. Astral-III	575.5	577.6	0.68	569.7	0.009
2. RAxML	575.2	577.6	0.68	569.7	0.007
3. Alencar et al. (55)	389.6	390.8	0.29	382.4	0.004
4. Blair et al. (56)	389.5	390.7	0.28	382.4	0.003

Each model is tested across four trees: two from this study, one from Alencar et al. (55), and one from Blair et al. (56). The P values are shown for diet terms in species diversity (Sp. Div.) and MPD models.