Figure 1.

Phylogenetic correlation of tempo and mode of nucleotide substitution in mitochondrial DNA for flowering plants (Angio = Angiosperms), Fungi, Porifera (sponges), Cnidarians (Anthozoans and Scyphozoans), and bilateral animals [Platy = Platyzoa (flatworms), Lopho = Lophotrochozoa (molluscs, annelid worms, bryozoans), Ecdysozoa (arthropods, nematodes), and Deutero = Deuterostoma (echinoderms, tunicates, vertebrates)]. Supporting data: 1 [49] *see text for exceptions; 2 [8]; 3 [43,56]; 4 [59]; 5 [79,83]; 6 [36]; 7 [35]; 8 [80]; 9 [84]; 10 [34]; 11 [81,85].