Phylogram derived from analysis of the concatenated four long NPCL markers.

Abstract

<p>Phylogenetic relationships among osteichthyans were based on maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analyses of the combined data set (7,134 bp) under 3-partition and 4-partition strategies (by codon and by gene). The two quarter circles above the branches represent the bootstrap proportions for partitioned ML analyses and the two quarter circles below branches represent the Bayesian posterior probabilities for partitioned BI analyses. Branch lengths were estimated in the 4-partition ML (by gene) analysis on a concatenated dataset (4 GTR +Γ+I models for 4 gene partitions).</p