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Table 1 Table of clades recovered from phylogenetic analyses of individual and concatenated nuclear loci. + indicates clades that were recovered while – indicates clades that were not recovered.

From: Assessing what is needed to resolve a molecular phylogeny: simulations and empirical data from emydid turtles

  Locus Concatenated nuDNA
Clade HNF-1α RAG R35 RELN TB29 TB73 TGFB  
Emydidae + - + + + + + +
   Deirochelyinae + - + - - - + +
Chrysemys + + + + + - - +
Deirochelys + + + + + + + +
Graptemys - - + - - - - +
caglei + - - + - - - +
geographica * - + - + - - +
pseudogeographica - - - - - - - -
Pseudemys - + - + + - + +
concinna - - - - - - - -
peninsularis - - - - - - - +
Trachemys - - - - - - - -
scripta - - - - - + - +
stejnegeri + - + + - + + +
taylori - + + + - - + +
   Emydinae + - + + - - - +
Clemmys + + + + - + + +
Emys - - - + - - - +
blandingii + + + + + + + +
marmorata + + - + - + + +
orbicularis + - - - - - - +
trinacris + - - - - - - +
Glyptemys + - + + - - - +
insculpta + - + + + + + +
muhlenbergii + + + + + - + +
Terrapene - - - + + - + +
carolina - - - - - - - -
coahuila - - - - - - - -
ornata - - + - - - - +
Totals 15 8 15 16 9 8 12 25
  1. * The monophyly of G. geographica could not be assessed for HNF-1α because we were not able to sequence both specimens for this locus.
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