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Table 1 Congruence between mtDNA, nucDNA, and combined-data trees

From: What are the consequences of combining nuclear and mitochondrial data for phylogenetic analysis? Lessons from Plethodonsalamanders and 13 other vertebrate clades

Clade

Total nodes

Concordant nodes

Discordant nodes

Strongly supported discordance

Weak mtDNA, strong nucDNA

Strong mtDNA, weak nucDNA

Weakly supported discordance

Strong discordance resolved favoring mtDNA

Balistid fish

23

39%

61%

14%

43%

21%

21%

50%

mtDNA,

P = 0.5000

Scarine fish

40

55%

45%

44%

22%

17%

17%

75% mtDNA,

P = 0.1094

Hemiphractid frogs

40

45%

55%

36%

18%

23%

23%

75% mtDNA,

P = 0.1094

Hylid frogs

76

54%

46%

17%

29%

9%

46%

67% mtDNA,

P = 0.2344

Plethodon salamanders

51

33%

67%

56%

21%

24%

0%

79% mtDNA,

P = 0.0074

Phrynosomatid lizards

35

49%

51%

28%

44%

17%

11%

0% mtDNA,

P = 0.0313

Alcid birds

21

67%

33%

29%

14%

43%

14%

100% mtDNA, P = 0.2500

Caprimulgid birds

55

56%

44%

17%

4%

33%

46%

50% mtDNA,

P = 0.3750

Cotingid birds

35

63%

37%

23%

31%

0%

46%

67% mtDNA, P = 0.3750

Dicaeid birds

28

36%

64%

17%

11%

39%

33%

33% mtDNA,

P = 0.3750

Emydid turtles

36

33%

67%

29%

33%

17%

21%

38% mtDNA,

P = 0.2734

Cervid mammals

23

30%

70%

19%

0%

56%

25%

67% mtDNA, P = 0.3750

Murid rodents

(Philippines)

55

58%

42%

9%

43%

13%

35%

50% mtDNA,

P = 0.5000

Murid rodents (Sahul)

60

70%

30%

39%

22%

17%

22%

0% mtDNA, P = 0.0078

  1. Each column reports the percentage of total nodes (second column) that fall into the following categories: (a) concordant nodes are those present in the combined-data tree that are also present in both mtDNA and nucDNA trees; (b) discordant nodes are absent in one or both of the trees from the separate data sets; (c) strongly supported discordance indicates branches for which conflicting resolutions in mtDNA and nucDNA are strongly supported (Pp ≥ 0.95) by each one; (d) weak mtDNA (or nucDNA), strong nucDNA (or mtDNA) indicates branches for which conflicting resolutions were weakly supported by one (mtDNA or nucDNA) and strongly supported by the other; (e) weakly supported discordance indicates branches for which conflicting resolutions in mtDNA and nucDNA are weakly supported by both; (f) the far-right column gives the proportion of nodes with strongly supported discordance that are resolved in favor of the mtDNA in the combined-data tree. P-values indicate whether the number of these resolutions favoring mtDNA data are significantly different from random (exact binomial, p = 0.50). Significant P-values are bold faced.