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Table 2 Sum of squared errors in ancestral state reconstruction, median ratio of stable/Brownian reconstruction error, with data simulated on trees of various sizes under stable processes with varying indices of stability

From: Inferring ancestral states without assuming neutrality or gradualism using a stable model of continuous character evolution

 

Tree size (tips)

      

α

25

40

60

90

130

175

235

325

440

600

2.0

1.00

1.02

1.01

1.00

1.01

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.8

0.97

0.96

0.94

0.92

0.84

0.82

0.81

0.77

0.76

0.73

1.6

0.85

0.79

0.70

0.64

0.61

0.56

0.47

0.47

0.42

0.37

1.4

0.66

0.50

0.49

0.35

0.28

0.29

0.20

0.24

0.16

0.16

1.2

0.48

0.36

0.26

0.15

0.14

0.12

0.11

0.09

0.08

0.07

1.0

0.21

0.16

0.08

0.07

0.06

0.04

0.03

0.02

0.02

0.01