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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

* 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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