Molecular phylogeny and divergence times of Malagasy tenrecs: Influence of data partitioning and taxon sampling on dating analyses

Table 3 Comparison of estimated Malagasy tenrec divergence times (in Mya).

Clade and node number	[13] ^a	[14] ^b		[16] ^c		This study 9 partitions		This study without GHR
	Age	Age ± SD	95% CI	Age ± SD	95% CI	Age ± SD	95% CI	Age ± SD	95% CI
Tenrecidae/Chrysochloridae, 1	-	63 ± 5	53–72	67 ± 5	58–76	69 ± 4	61–77	71 ± 4	62–80
Malagasy tenrecs/Potamogalinae, 2	51–55	43 ± 5	34–52	42 ± 4	34–50	47 ± 4	40–55	45 ± 4	37–54
Malagasy tenrec radiation, 3	37	-	-	25 ± 3	20–32	29 ± 3	24–35	30 ± 3	24–37
Tenrecinae radiation, 4	18–44	16 ± 3	11–22	18 ± 2	13–23	20 ± 2	16–25	21 ± 3	16–26
Tenrec/Hemicentetes split, 5	-	-	-	13 ± 2	10–18	16 ± 2	12–21	15 ± 2	11–20
Setifer/Echinops split, 6	-	-	-	6 ± 1	4–9	7 ± 1	4–9	8 ± 2	5–11
Geogalinae/Oryzorictinae split, 7	-	-	-	-	-	24 ± 3	19–29	24 ± 3	19–31
Oryzorictinae radiation, 8	-	-	-	19 ± 3	14–25	22 ± 3	17–27	22 ± 3	17–28
Microgale radiation, 9	-	-	-	-	-	11 ± 2	8–15	11 ± 2	7–15
Microgale/Limnogale split, 10	-	-	-	-	-	9 ± 1	6–12	9 ± 2	6–13

Node numberd as in Figure 3. SD: standard deviations; CI: credibility intervals; – Nodes not present in the study.
^aAge estimated from vWF, 12s and 16s
^bAge estimated from vWF, ADRA2B, BRCA1
^cAge estimated from vWF, ADRA2B, AR

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