Table 1

Templeton and Winning Sites tests of alternative topologies, varying placement of the placental root, based on MP with all DNA, indels, and morphology (1–7) and excluding DNA 3rd positions (8–13). Trees 1 and 8 are unconstrained. Competing topologies 2–7 and 9–13 were generated by analysis of the combined dataset with MP constrained to agree with backbone topology supporting Afrotheria [9], Atlantogenata [14], Xenarthra [12], Muridae (Fig. 4B), Erinaceus [16], and Glires [15]. Asterisks indicate rejection of no difference between optimal and competing topology at alpha 0.05.



Templeton
Winning-sites

Taxon at root
Length
Rank sums
N
z
P
counts
P

1. MP-best equal weighting (Echinops, paraphyletic Afrotheria)
49750
(best)





2. Afrotheria
49790
163202.5 -147663.5
788
-1.3911
0.1642
411 -377
0.2398
3. Atlantogenata
49826
205640.0 -173245.0
870
-2.4941
0.0126*
470 -400
0.0193*
4. Xenarthra
49777
137166.0 -127462.0
727
-0.9796
0.3273
372 -355
0.5529
5. Muridae
49761
415894.0 -410361.0
1285
-0.2359
0.8135
649 -636
0.7378
6. Erinaceus
50166
1116885.0 -752326.0
1933
-8.2408
< 0.0001*
1154 -779
< 0.0001*
7. Glires
49876
436500.0 -361716.0
1263
-3.2480
0.0012*
694 -569
0.0005*
8. MP-best 3rd positions excluded (Xenarthra)
27858
(best)





9. Afrotheria
27894
25156.0 -19994.0
300
-1.9270
0.0540
164 -136
0.1190
10. Atlantogenata
27904
27723.5 -21104.5
312
-2.3113
0.0208*
173 -139
0.0617
11. Muridae
27915
76399.5 -62728.5
527
-2.2030
0.0276*
286 -241
0.0553
12. Erinaceus
28137
236909.0 -131602.0
858
-7.9545
< 0.0001*
551 -307
< 0.0001*
13. Glires
27951
33510.0 -18816.0
323
-4.9874
< 0.0001*
208 -115
< 0.0001*

Asher BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007 7:108   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-108