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Table 1 Model comparison for independent and dependent diet diversification, including models with hidden traits or with equal rates of transition

From: Evolutionary transitions in diet influence the exceptional diversification of a lizard adaptive radiation

Model type

Hidden trait (A/B)

Equal transition rates (Q)

Speciation rates (λi)

Extinction rates (μi)

Transition rates (Qi)

Sum of params

LogLik

AICc

Diet independent speciation and extinction rates

No

Yes

1

1

1

3

− 675.3

1356.7

No

No

1

1

6

8

− 659.5

1335.9

Yes

Yes

1

1

1

3

− 701.2

1408.6

Yes

No

1

1

18

20

− 701.2

1447.6

Diet-dependent speciation and independent extinction rate

No

Yes

3

1

1

5

− 675.1

1360.5

No

No

3

1

6

10

− 655.5

1332.2

Yes

Yes

6

1

1

8

− 857.8

1732.4

Yes

No

6

1

18

25

− 788.0

1634.2

Independent speciation and diet-dependent extinction rates

No

Yes

1

3

1

5

− 670.5

1351.2

No

No

1

3

6

10

− 656.8

1335.0

Yes

Yes

1

6

1

8

− 794.2

1598.7

Yes

No

1

6

18

25

− 795.2

1648.5

Diet-dependent speciation and extinction rates

No

Yes

3

3

1

7

− 663.9

1342.5

No

No

3

3

6

12

− 659.5

1344.8

Yes

Yes

6

6

1

13

− 839.1

1706.4

Yes

No

6

6

18

30

− 805.6

1683.4

  1. Values in bold indicate the best model
  2. Number of inferred rates for speciation (λ), extinction (μ) and transition (Q) are specified in each case, and LogLik and AICc values are shown