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Table 4 Average support value for shared clades (i.e., equivalent splits) across morphology-based comparison trees, n = 4 studies. The tree with the highest average support value is shown in bold

From: Do morphometric data improve phylogenetic reconstruction? A systematic review and assessment

 

Average support value

Study

Discrete

Continuous

Combined

Solis-Zurita et al. [46]

n/a

PM/LAUP; L-P

99

PM/LAUP; L-P

49

Perrard et al. [45]

98.2a

n/a

n/a

PM/LAUP

93.2a

Cichocka and Bielecki [71]

n/a

GW, L-P

L-P

88

75

GW, L-P

L-P

92

92.5

Hendrixson and Bond [74]

66.3

n/a

n/a

7 OG, discretized, L-P

7 OG, SM GW, L-P

3 sig, SM GW, L-P

3 sig, L-P

5 sig, SM GW, L-P

67.7

66.7

64.7

68.3

62.7

Overall average

82.3

 

87.3

 

73

  1. aDataset includes DNA