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Table 1 Summary statistics for each dataset (Full, Medium, Short) and pairwise comparisons of uncorrected p-distances illustrated in Fig. 3

From: Widely used, short 16S rRNA mitochondrial gene fragments yield poor and erratic results in phylogenetic estimation and species delimitation of amphibians

 

Full

Medium

Short

Summary

 Length

1495 bp

874 bp

516 bp

 No. variable sites

835

476

266

 No. PIS

736

416

239

 Proportion PIS

0.49

0.47

0.46

Pairwise p-distances

 Baluensis vs. cf. baluensis

0.093 ± 0.003 (0.088‒0.100)

0.097 ± 0.002 (0.092‒0.101)

0.104 ± 0.003 (0.098‒0.111)

 Rhacoda vs. cf. rhacoda

0.121 ± 0.002 (0.115‒0.124)

0.130 ± 0.003 (0.123‒0.134)

0.124 ± 0.007 (0.116‒0.141)

 Lima vs. cf. baluensis

0.190 ± 0.003 (0.181‒0.200)

0.191 ± 0.004 (0.182‒0.199)

0.186 ± 0.003 (0.177‒0.194)

 Lima vs. rhacoda

0.172 ± 0.006 (0.165‒0.185)

0.169 ± 0.007 (0.162‒0.182)

0.165 ± 0.007 (0.159‒0.182)

 Lima vs. cf. rhacoda

0.166 ± 0.005 (0.155‒0.177)

0.165 ± 0.009 (0.147‒0.182)

0.171 ± 0.012 (0.162‒0.194)

 Martensii vs. sumatrana

0.155 ± 0.005 (0.144‒0.166)

0.154 ± 0.005 (0.146‒0.172)

0.159 ± 0.012 (0.144‒0.194)

 Martensii vs. laevis

0.157 ± 0.009 (0.138‒0.176)

0.157 ± 0.011 (0.130‒0.181)

0.172 ± 0.017 (0.141‒0.202)

 Sumatrana vs. laevis

0.14 ± 0.005 (0.127‒0.160)

0.153 ± 0.007 (0.129‒0.179)

0.135 ± 0.01 (0.101‒0.164)

  1. Values for p-distances are average ± standard deviation, followed by Min–Max in parenthesis
  2. PIS parsimony-informative sites