Table 2

The statistics of tree topology test using Shimodaira-Hasegawa [40] and Templeton [39] tests for comparisons of alternative hypothesis.

Phylogenetic hypotheses

Tree length

Length difference

-lnL

Difference in -lnL

P-value

Unconstrained best tree

57675.67

Constrained tree

Monophyly of Cestoda+Monogenea

67211.72

9536.04

0.0000

Monophyly of Trematoda

67350.49

9674.82

0.0000

Unconstrained MP tree

11,373

Constrained tree

Monophyly of Cestoda+Monogenea

11,427

54

0.0009

Monophyly of Trematoda

11,395

22

0.1451

Park et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007 7:11   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-11