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The origins of species richness in the Hymenoptera: insights from a family-level supertree

Robert B Davis1,2*, Sandra L Baldauf1,3 and Peter J Mayhew1

1 Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5YW, UK

2 Current address: Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, 51014 Tartu, Estonia

3 Current address: Department of Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2010, 10:109 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-109

Published: 27 April 2010

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Additional file 1:

List of valid hymenopteran families. A list of all families recognised as valid for supertree analysis, information on whether they could be included in the analysis or not, and synonyms also provided.

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Input trees and data non-independence. List of all the input trees taken from primary literature and used in the supertree analysis. A matrix indicating any remaining data non-independence is provided.

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Software and settings for supertree analyses. Details of software and settings used for different supertree methods. References provided.

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V and V+ scores for extended majority rule Hymenoptera supertrees. All relationships recovered by each supertree analysis provided with V and V+ score, number of supporting and conflicting input trees.

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Overall V scores for all Hymenoptera supertrees. For each supertree constructed as part of this study an overall V (and V+) score is provided, along with an indication of how complete the supertree is and how resolved the supertree is. Where certain taxa are omitted, these are indicated.

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Other shifts detected in compartmentalised MRC tree. A list of the shifts detected in the compartmentalised MRC supertree not detected in the all-inclusive MRC supertree is provided.

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Additional file 7:

MRC supertree of hymenopteran families from a compartmentalised analysis in which Apocrita and Aculeata are constrained as monophyletic. Further description N/A.

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Standard MRP supertree of hymenopteran families from a compartmentalised analysis in which Apocrita and Aculeata are constrained as monophyletic. Further description N/A.

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Sister group species richness comparisons. All sister group species richness comparisons as carried out using the method of Davies et al. (2004). Explanation of analysis provided.

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