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Table 1 Date estimates resulting from different molecular clock approaches

From: The root of the East African cichlid radiations

Date estimates in Myr

Node§

Bayesian Inference (BEAST)

Penalized likelihood

 

This study 1

This study 2

Genner et al. [25]

Gondwana

This study 1

This study 2

A 1

56.7

(53.0, 64.2)

66.5

(53.0, 85.2)

63.7 (node N)

(46.6, 79.6)

53.0

53.4

B

44.4

(34.8, 54.6)

55.7

(40.9, 74.5)

  

48.8

49.2

C

36.8

(28.0, 45.9)

46.9

(32.9, 63.2)

  

37.1

37.4

D

30.6

(23.1, 37.9)

39.6

(27.9, 54.0)

46.4 (node M)

(31.9, 61.7)

28.4

28.6

E

27.6

(21.0, 34.5)

35.8

(24.9, 48.9)

  

24.6

24.8

F

25.3

(18.9,31.8)

32.8

(22.4, 44.9)

  

22.6

22.8

G

25.5

(19.0, 31.7)

33.0

(22.6, 45.0)

  

23.1

23.2

H

23.3

(17.2, 29.5)

30.1

(20.3, 41.3)

  

21.9

22.1

I

18.6

(12.9, 24.3)

24.3

(15.8, 34.2)

  

15.6

15.7

J

19.0

(13.5, 24.9)

24.7

(15.9, 34.8)

  

16.4

16.7

K

20.2

(14.4, 26.0)

26.1

(17.5, 36.7)

35.6 (node L)

(22.3, 50.6)

18.1

18.2

L

19.5

(13.7, 25.9)

25.3

(16.5, 36.3)

  

19.7

19.9

M

16.3

(11.3, 21.6)

21.3

(13.5, 30.3)

  

14.2

14.4

N

12.8

(8.6, 17.1)

16.7

(10.3, 23.9)

  

11.2

11.3

O 1

12.8

(8.9, 16.8)

21.4

(12.9, 31.1)

  

19.4

19.5

O 2

6.4

(4.1, 8.9)

9.7

(5.5, 14.4)

  

8.4

8.5

P

15.4

(10.6, 20.4)

20.0

(12.8, 28.4)

29.5 (node K)

(17.7, 43.2)

14.3

14.3

Q

16.6

(10.9, 22.7)

21.7

(13.1, 31.4)

  

17.5

17.6

R

10.7

(7.4, 14.1)

14.4

(9.0, 20.6)

  

5.7

5.7

S

1.31

(0.4, 2.5)

1.8

(0.4, 3.4)

  

2.6

2.6

T

25.5

(15.8, 36.2)

32.3

(17.5, 48.4)

  

35.3

35.6

  1. Single dating points (mean height) and confidence intervals (95%HPC) are shown for runs with (1) and without (2) the cichlid fossil calibration point. Prior A was constrained either with 53 to 84 mya (A1, run 1) or with 53–89 mya (A3run2). § Letters correspond to node labels in Figure 3.
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