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Figure 6

From: Origin and diversification of living cycads: a cautionary tale on the impact of the branching process prior in Bayesian molecular dating

Figure 6

Diversification pattern of Cycadales. Estimates of speciation (a,c) and extinction (b,d) rates along the cycad phylogeny obtained from BAMM analyses, when considering the chronogram reconstructed with the Yule (a,b) or the birth-death (c,d) prior. Colours at each point in time along branches denote instantaneous rates of speciation or extinction inferred as the mean scenario, with colours indicating mean rates across all the shift configurations sampled in the Bayesian posterior. The diversification scenarios obtained with one versus the other prior are strikingly different. Note the differences for the estimated speciation and extinction rates with each tree prior (rates are twice higher with the tree constrained with a birth-death process). P, Permian; T, Triassic; J, Jurassic; K, Cretaceous; Pg, Paleogene; N, Neogene. The last geological period, the Quaternary, is missing.

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