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Table 2 EL and EUL model choice

From: The prevalence of terraced treescapes in analyses of phylogenetic data sets

Taxon

Number of taxa

Taxon coverage density

Number of loci

Model

Number of parameters

Log likelihood

AIC

AIC [EL] – AIC [EUL]#

Terrace size

Insects

144

0.95

472^

EL

757

−30,914,676

61,830,867

417,292

1

EUL

134,992

−30,571,795

61,413,574

Caryophyllales.2

95

0.92

1120^^

EL

1307

−20,001,090

40,004,795

184,811

1

EUL

210,560

−19,699,432

39,819,984

1000 Plants.2

102

0.91

620

EL

5781

−8,873,326

17,758,215

136,442

1

EUL

130,200

−8,680,687

17,621,773

1000 Plants.1

102

0.97

8

EL

273

−8,881,093

17,762,731

43,552

1

EUL

1680

−8,857,910

17,719,179

Caryophyllales.1

95

0.98

209

EL

396

−3,490,762

6,982,316

30,510

1

EUL

39,292

−3,436,611

6,951,806

Mammals

169

0.94

26

EL

569

−1,227,939

2,457,016

18,145

1

EUL

8944

−1,210,492

2,438,871

Chameleons

202

0.92

6

EL

455

− 188,780

378,471

4565

1

EUL

2460

−184,493

373,906

Scincid lizards

213

0.78

6

EL

477

−129,669

260,291

1410

3

EUL

2592

− 126,849

258,881

Euphorbia*

131

0.28

7

EL

322

−46,304

93,252

435

759

EUL

1876

−44,533

92,817

Iris*

137

0.33

6

EL

311

−29,602

59,827

−46

1

EUL

1596

−28,340

59,872

Allium*

57

0.24

6

EL

155

−15,288

30,886

− 217

973,215

EUL

660

−14,891

31,102

Primula*

185

0.43

6

EL

421

−43,494

87,831

− 801

466

EUL

2256

−42,060

88,631

Ficus*

112

0.36

5

EL

264

−14,185

28,897

− 963

851,445

EUL

1140

−13,790

29,860

Syzygium*

106

0.35

5

EL

254

−14,557

29,622

− 1085

45

EUL

1090

−14,264

30,707

Solanum*

187

0.31

7

EL

434

−39,049

78,967

− 1410

211.9 million

EUL

2660

−37,528

80,376

Caryophyllaceae*

225

0.29

7

EL

498

−67,977

136,951

− 1619

718.3 billion

EUL

3108

−66,177

138,570

Asplenium*

133

0.21

6

EL

317

−29,688

60,010

− 1758

8269

EUL

1632

−29,252

61,768

Eucalyptus*

136

0.23

6

EL

309

−14,683

29,984

− 1832

27

EUL

1584

−14,324

31,816

Ranunculus*

170

0.31

7

EL

400

−32,738

66,276

− 1986

1

EUL

2422

−31,709

68,262

Rhododendron*

117

0.35

7

EL

294

−22,049

44,687

− 2025

1034

EUL

1680

−21,676

46,712

Rosaceae*

529

0.30

7

EL

1118

−83,932

170,101

− 6350

1.72E + 23

EUL

7448

−80,777

176,451

Lichenized fungi

1317

0.44

9

EL

2712

− 499,157

1,003,737

− 8260

11,655

EUL

23,760

− 482,238

1,011,997

Primates

372

0.37

79

EL

1452

−648,012

1,298,927

−41,745

70.8 million

EUL

59,250

−611,086

1,340,672

Bats

815

0.15

29

EL

1888

− 589,602

1,182,979

−51,491

1.43E + 41

EUL

47,444

−569,791

1,234,470

Saxifragales

946

0.06

51

EL

2348

− 277,272

559,240

− 171,677

**

EUL

96,798

−268,660

730,917

Birds

7000

0.12

32

EL

14,285

−4,181,534

8,391,639

− 704,755

1.3E + 388

EUL

448,192

−4,100,005

9,096,394

  1. #: column displays ΔAIC if ΔAIC favors the EUL model, and -ΔAIC otherwise. ^ and ^^: the number of loci differs from that reported in Table 1, because we discarded loci that contained fewer than the full complement of amino acids. ^: 7 loci were discarded; ^^: 2 loci were discarded. * and **: see Table 1. For methods used to compare the models, see text