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Table 4 Test of alternative partitioning strategies.

From: Phylogeographic divergence in the widespread delicate skink (Lampropholis delicata) corresponds to dry habitat barriers in eastern Australia

Partition Strategy

No. of Partitions

No. of parameters (ki)

Harmonic Mean Log-likelihood (Li)

AIC Score

BIC Score

Unpartitioned

1

11

-15185.35

30392.7

30544.7

By gene

4

48

-14753.32

29602.6

30266.0

By gene and codon

8

82

-14448.71

29061.4*

30194.6*

  1. Modeltest selected the GTR+I+G model for all partitions except for codon position 1 in ND2 and ND4 (HKY+G), ND2 codon position 2 (GTR+I), ND2 codon position 3 and ND2 codon positions 2 & 3 (GTR+G). The asterisk indicates the optimal partitioning strategy.
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