Table 1 Selected empirical supertree studies
From: A simulation study comparing supertree and combined analysis methods using SMIDGen
Group (Reference) | Method | Num. taxa | Num. source trees | Num. taxa in scaffold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Primates [34] | Hierarchical MRP | 203 | 112* | 203 (100%) (taxonomy) |
Carnivora [35] | Hierarchical MRP | 271 | 177* | not given |
Hologalegina [36] | MRP (with topological constraints) | 571 | 22 | 52 (9.1%) |
Pinus [37] | MRP | 95 | 14 | 47 (49.5%) |
Bacteria [38] | wMRP | 37 | 130-196 | 37 (100%) |
Mammalia [39] | MRP (large:small source trees weighted 4:1) | 90 | 430 | 37 (41.1%) |
Procellariiformes [40] | MRP | 122 | 7 | 90 (73.7%) |
Chiroptera [41] | Hierarchical MRP | 916 | 105 | not given |
Poaceae [42] | 1) wMRP (normal, purvis, and irreversible) | 403 | 55 | not given |
2) wMRP (c.a. source trees) | 61 | 8 | 61 (100%) | |
Lagomorpha [43] | MRP (robust:nonrobust source trees weighted 2.81:1) | 80 | 146 | not given |
Lipotyphla [44] | (w)MRP (most source trees were MRP supertrees) | 184 | 147 (7 final) | scaffold is a supertree of 6 taxa |
Angiosperms [45] | wMRP | 379 | 46 | 323 (85.2%), 224 (59.1%) |
Marsupialia [46] | MRP (source trees with identical taxon sets were combined using supertree methods) | 267 | 158 | 267 (100%) (taxonomy) |
Cetartiodactyla [47] | MRP | 290 | 201 | 290 (100%) (taxonomy) |
Eutheria [48] | MRP (some source trees were MRP supertrees) | 113 | 725 (109 supertrees) | 115 (100%) |
Carcharhiniformes: Sphyrnidae [49] | MRP (non-weighted, weighted, purvis, and irreversible) | 8 | 5 | 8 (100%) |
Mammalia [50] | MRP (combined previously published supertrees and some of their own.) | 4510 | >2500 (31 supertrees) | not given |