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Table 1 Hypothesis testing using AU statistics

From: Origin and higher-level diversification of acariform mites – evidence from nuclear ribosomal genes, extensive taxon sampling, and secondary structure alignment

Hypothesis

Without RAAs

With RAAs

δLnl

AU

δLnl

AU

Best tree without RAA

--

0.768

82.6

0.027

Best tree with RAA

43.3

0.135

--

0.819

Cormogonida

11.3

0.518

12.3

0.358

Mandibulata

18.7

0.353

5.5

0.724

Arachnida

22.2

0.263

27.5

0.219

Pedipalpi

39.8

0.104

145.9

0.002

Haplocnemata

66.3

5e-005

72.8

0.004

Dromopoda

68.9

0.014

86.8

3e-004

Dromopoda (Solifugae excluded)

9.3

0.622

17.1

0.403

Monophyletic Acari

34.5

0.074

43.6

0.038

Acaromorpha

56.4

0.003

79.8

0.001

Parasitiformes + Opiliones

14.7

0.485

29.7

0.127

Parasitiformes + Pseudoscorpiones

2.0

0.729

13.9

0.392

Cryptognomae

14.6

0.430

33.6

0.173

Non-Euacariformes

60.9

0.124

11.6

0.379

Sarcoptiformes

14.7

0.434

13.0

0.471

Eupodina

74.6

0.007

130.2

3e-004

Bdelloidea

37.5

0.208

46.3

0.041

Anystidae

39.1

0.217

35.7

0.208

Anystina

37.2

0.062

51.5

0.009

  1. P-values below P < 0.05 (bold) indicate that a particular hypothesis can be statistically rejected.