Table 1 Correlation of individual branch lengths (Pearson r) and patristic distance matrices (Mantel test) between the trees resulting from optimizing the different character systems on the ML tree topology obtained with mtDNA sequences (significant values in bold).

0.059

0.62

0.254

< 0.005

-0.036

0.76

0.059

0.27

0.681

< 0.0001

0.620

< 0.0001

0.717

< 0.0001

0.630

< 0.0001