Table 1

Results of supertree analyses of two empirical data sets. Note that a bolded number represents the best found score for each measurement in a data set.

Data Set

Method

Triplet-similarity

MAST-similarity

Pars. Score


Marsupial [21]

158 input trees

267 taxa

MMC

51.73 %

54.20 %

3901


MXC

≈ 96 %

≈ 66 %

N/A


MRP

98.29 %

71.70 %

2274


TH(SPR)

98.99 %

70.50 %

2317


TH(TBR)

98.99 %

70.70 %

2317


Cetartiodactyla [22]

201 input trees

290 taxa

MMC

70.03 %

54.20 %

4929


MRP

95.84 %

65.40 %

2603


TH(SPR)

97.28 %

63.40 %

2754


TH(TBR)

97.28 %

63.50 %

2754


Lin et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2009 10(Suppl 1):S8   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-10-S1-S8

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