APPENDIX 1. Accuracy of separate, combined, and consensus analysis for two genes (data sets) with different phylogenetic histories, with asymmetric tree topologies and 50 characters in each data set. Each value is the average accuracy from 100 replicated matrices.

   

Branch length

Case

 

0.01

0.15

0.30

0.45

0.60

I

data set 1

0.363

0.849

0.472

0.107

0.021

 

data set 2

0.361

0.832

0.506

0.091

0.012

 

consensus

0.139

0.714

0.261

0.018

0.000

 

combined

0.601

0.955

0.744

0.185

0.021

             

II

data set 1

0.360

0.869

0.455

0.081

0.014

 

data set 2

0.300

0.728

0.398

0.044

0.013

 

consensus

0.106

0.636

0.180

0.008

000

 

combined

0.559

0.915

0.695

0.140

0.025

             

III

data set 1

0.335

0.871

0.473

0.084

0.014

 

data set 2

0.268

0.675

0.320

0.037

0.007

 

consensus

0.089

0.590

0.132

0.003

0.000

 

combined

0.497

0.856

0.641

0.149

0.019

             

IV

data set 1

0.333

0.744

0.402

0.066

0.013

 

data set 2

0.304

0.784

0.412

0.083

0.008

 

consensus

0.097

0.567

0.159

0.003

000

 

combined

0.517

0.858

0.649

0.149

0.014

             

V

data set 1

0.357

0.847

0.426

0.091

0.023

 

data set 2

0.178

0.386

0.223

0.059

0.014

 

consensus

0.060

0.331

0.092

0.008

000

 

combined

0.420

0.613

0.432

0.125

0.022

             

VI

data set 1

0.344

0.846

0.465

0.099

0.027

 

data set 2

0.001

0.005

0.008

0.007

0.003

 

consensus

0.001

0.003

0.008

0.001

0.000

 

combined

0.261

0.370

0.203

0.038

0.012

             

VII

data set 1

0.195

0.364

0.241

0.056

0.009

 

data set 2

0.154

0.293

0.172

0.049

0.019

 

consensus

0.000

0.010

0.004

0.001

000

 

combined

0.264

0.398

0.132

0 044

0.004

 

 

APPENDIX 2. Accuracy of separate, combined, and consensus analysis for two genes (data sets) with different phylogenetic histories, with symmetric tree topologies and 50 characters in each data set. Each value is the average accuracy from 100 replicated matrices.

   

Branch length

Case

 

0.01

0.15

0.30

0.45

0.60

I

data set 1

0.343

0.807

0.546

0.248

0.047

 

data set 2

0.343

0.829

0.561

0.211

0.037

 

consensus

0.125

0.667

0.315

0.067

0.003

 

combined

0.577

0.956

0.749

0.342

0.052

             

II

data set 1

0.341

0.805

0.551

0.222

0.025

 

data set 2

0.263

0.614

0.399

0.158

0.033

 

consensus

0.093

0.486

0.228

0.048

0.000

 

combined

0.489

0.810

0.624

0.295

0.042

             

III

data set 1

0.353

0.827

0.548

0.183

0.053

 

data set 2

0.208

0.441

0.253

0.098

0.023

 

consensus

0.066

0.350

0.136

0.020

0.000

 

combined

0.423

0.702

0.512

0.241

0.049

             

IV

data set 1

0.267

0.637

0. 394

0.161

0.037

 

data set 2

0.266

0.632

0.395

0.124

0.036

 

consensus

0.069

0.353

0.120

0.015

0.003

 

combined

0.414

0.682

0.523

0.198

0.036

             

V

data set 1

0.343

0.825

0.535

0.207

0.046

 

data set 2

0.190

0.443

0.329

0.153

0.035

 

consensus

0.068

0.375

0.191

0.044

0.001

 

combined

0.420

0.708

0.555

0.267

0.044

             

VI

data set 1

0.363

0.824

0.514

0.219

0.047

 

data set 2

0.087

0.195

0.148

0.057

0.019

 

consensus

0.040

0.163

0.090

0.018

000

 

combined

0.300

0.532

0.386

0.155

0.040

             

VII

data set 1

0.202

0.444

0.312

0.153

0.025

 

data set 2

0.200

0.450

0.348

0.134

0.026

 

consensus

0.031

0.156

0.093

0.029

0.002

 

combined

0.336

0.544

0.383

0.169

0.040

 

 

 

APPENDIX 3. Accuracy of separate, combined, and consensus analysis for two genes (data sets) with different phylogenetic histories, with asymmetric tree topologies and 250 characters in each data set. Each value is the average accuracy from 100 replicated matrices.

   

Branch length

Case

 

0.01

0.15

0.30

0.45

0.60

I

data set 1

0.905

1.000

0.954

0.391

0.027

 

data set 2

0.915

1.000

0.947

0.368

0.027

 

consensus

0.828

1.000

0.904

0.196

0.004

 

combined

0.990

1.000

0.993

0.597

0.047

             

II

data set 1

0.933

1.000

0.959

0.370

0.110

 

data set 2

0.797

0.888

0.860

0.309

0.082

 

consensus

0.749

0.888

0.823

0.120

0.010

 

combined

0.933

0.949

0.942

0.511

0.131

             

III

data set 1

0.920

1.000

0.939

0.352

0.029

 

data set 2

0.715

0.780

0.749

0.220

0.015

 

consensus

0.656

0.780

0.692

0.072

0.001

 

combined

0.865

0.888

0.881

0.541

0.034

             

IV

data set 1

0.818

0.889

0.867

0.319

0.030

 

data set 2

0.812

0.889

0.853

0.283

0.025

 

consensus

0.654

0.778

0.721

0.077

0.003

 

combined

0.866

0.889

0.882

0.504

0.040

             

V

data set 1

0.910

1.000

0.954

0.354

0.041

 

data set 2

0.405

0.440

0.414

0.179

0.015

 

consensus

0.367

0.440

0.398

0.079

0.002

 

combined

0.733

0.639

0.491

0.308

0.033

             

VI

data set 1

0.894

1.000

0.968

0.382

0.036

 

data set 2

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.001

0.000

 

consensus

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.001

0.000

 

combined

0.537

0.494

0.146

0.035

0.000

             

VII

data set 1

0.398

0.439

0.407

0.195

0.024

 

data set 2

0.309

0.330

0.318

0.165

0.024

 

consensus

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

combined

0.565

0.526

0.157

0.025

0.008

 

 

 

APPENDIX 4. Accuracy of separate, combined, and consensus analysis for two genes (data sets) with different phylogenetic histories, with symmetric tree topologies and 250 characters in each data set. Each value is the average accuracy from 100 replicated matrices.

   

Branch length

Case

 

0.01

0.15

0.30

0.45

0.60

I

data set 1

0.914

1.000

0.923

0.540

0.104

 

data set 2

0.921

0.998

0.920

0.535

0.112

 

consensus

0.843

0.998

0.860

0.334

0.018

 

combined

0.992

1.000

0.974

0.684

0.162

             

II

data set 1

0.892

0.999

0.890

0.572

0.110

 

data set 2

0.696

0.779

0.694

0.394

0.082

 

consensus

0.626

0.778

0.607

0.255

0.010

 

combined

0.862

0.879

0.840

0.601

0.131

             

III

data set 1

0.905

0.996

0.917

0.545

0.090

 

data set 2

0.497

0.559

0.479

0.236

0.063

 

consensus

0.445

0.554

0.424

0.119

0.009

 

combined

0.746

0.769

0.701

0.515

0.112

             

IV

data set 1

0.696

0.778

0.698

0.378

0.066

 

data set 2

0.703

0.777

0.687

0.406

0.067

 

consensus

0.449

0.555

0.412

0.131

0.005

 

combined

0.720

0.772

0.712

0.491

0.097

             

V

data set 1

0.902

0.997

0.905

0.572

0.110

 

data set 2

0.508

0.560

0.516

0.335

0.078

 

consensus

0.458

0.559

0.488

0.217

0.011

 

combined

0.762

0.756

0.668

0.479

0.110

             

VI

data set 1

0.923

0.998

0.911

0.543

0.096

 

data set 2

0.194

0.220

0.203

0.135

0.037

 

consensus

0.179

0.220

0.191

0.083

0.005

 

combined

0.638

0.599

0.438

0.273

0.063

             

VII

data set 1

0.498

0.559

0.511

0.336

0.081

 

data set 2

0.499

0.559

0.511

0.318

0.067

 

consensus

0.180

0.220

0.210

0.095

0.008

 

combined

0.598

0.662

0.465

0.276

0.064

 

 

 

 

APPENDIX 5. Accuracy of separate, combined, and consensus analysis for two genes (data sets) with different phylogenetic histories, with asymmetric tree topologies and 500 characters in each data set. Each value is the average accuracy from 100 replicated matrices.

   

Branch length

Case

 

0.01

0.15

0.30

0.45

0.60

I

data set 1

0.996

1.000

0.994

0.579

0.067

 

data set 2

0.989

1.000

0.994

0.625

0.067

 

consensus

0.985

1.000

0.989

0.405

0.008

 

combined

1.000

1.000

1.000

0.861

0.087

             

II

data set 1

0.993

1.000

0.996

0.602

0.047

 

data set 2

0.884

0.890

0.889

0.503

0.042

 

consensus

0.878

0.890

0.884

0.308

0.004

 

combined

0.938

0.939

0.948

0.767

0.076

             

III

data set 1

0.989

1.000

0.993

0.608

0.044

 

data set 2

0.777

0.780

0.776

0.387

0.019

 

consensus

0.767

0.780

0.769

0.202

0.003

 

combined

0.866

0.875

0.888

0.732

0.070

             

IV

data set 1

0.884

0.890

0.888

0.505

0.053

 

data set 2

0.882

0.890

0.887

0466

0.035

 

consensus

0.769

0.780

0.774

0.190

0.000

 

combined

0.869

0.891

0.894

0.713

0.065

             

V

data set 1

0.996

1.000

0.998

0.609

0.059

 

data set 2

0.438

0.440

0.434

0.286

0.026

 

consensus

0.435

0.440

0.433

0.186

0.007

 

combined

0.731

0.655

0.466

0.388

0.040

             

VI

data set 1

0.993

1.000

0.999

0.569

0.045

 

data set 2

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

consensus

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

combined

0.649

0.500

0.128

0.021

0.000

             

VII

data set 1

0.437

0.440

0.434

0.298

0.027

 

data set 2

0.329

0.330

0.329

0.243

0.041

 

consensus

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

combined

0.700

0.516

0.114

0.026

0.003

 

 

 

APPENDIX 6. Accuracy of separate, combined, and consensus analysis for two genes (data sets) with different phylogenetic histories, with symmetric tree topologies and 500 characters in each data set. Each value is the average accuracy from 100 replicated matrices.

   

Branch length

Case

 

0.01

0.15

0.30

0.45

0.60

I

data set 1

0.989

1.000

0.971

0.695

0.150

 

data set 2

0.997

1.000

0.963

0.674

0.156

 

consensus

0.986

1.000

0.936

0.533

0.033

 

combined

0.999

1.000

0.996

0.790

0.231

             

II

data set 1

0.989

1.000

0.964

0.672

0.147

 

data set 2

0.774

0.780

0.758

0.492

0.092

 

consensus

0.768

0.780

0.724

0.360

0.021

 

combined

0.883

0.886

0.871

0.674

0.174

             

III

data set 1

0.992

1.000

0.976

0.687

0.135

 

data set 2

0.558

0.560

0.518

0.314

0.068

 

consensus

0.554

0.560

0.499

0.219

0.017

 

combined

0.744

0.769

0.722

0.586

0.150

             

IV

data set 1

0.770

0.780

0.750

0.493

0.128

 

data set 2

0.770

0.780

0.759

0.474

0.113

 

consensus

0.547

0.560

0.507

0.198

0.020

 

combined

0.754

0.732

0.723

0.563

0.153

             

V

data set 1

0.996

1.000

0.961

0.708

0.161

 

data set 2

0.220

0.560

0.548

0.395

0.117

 

consensus

0.218

0.560

0.537

0.320

0.025

 

combined

0.637

0.759

0.671

0.532

0.156

             

VI

data set 1

0.996

1.000

0.971

0.699

0.162

 

data set 2

0.220

0.220

0.219

0.187

0.047

 

consensus

0.218

0.220

0.219

0.162

0.005

 

combined

0.637

0.648

0.463

0.290

0.068

             

VII

data set 1

0.555

0.560

0.554

0.410

0.110

 

data set 2

0.553

0.560

0.550

0.410

0.101

 

consensus

0.213

0.220

0.219

0.145

0.012

 

combined

0.713

0.664

0.459

0.294

0.076

 

 

 

APPENDIX 7. Accuracy of separate, combined, and consensus analysis for two genes (data sets) with different phylogenetic histories, with asymmetric tree topologies and 1000 characters in each data set. Each value is the average accuracy from 100 replicated matrices.

   

Branch length

Case

 

0.01

0.15

0.30

0.45

0.60

I

data set 1

1.000

1.000

1.000

0.839

0.101

 

data set 2

1.000

1.000

1.000

0.862

0.091

 

consensus

1.000

1.000

1.000

0.726

0.021

 

combined

1.000

1.000

1.000

0.965

0.159

             

II

data set 1

1.000

1.000

1.000

0.823

0.090

 

data set 2

0.890

0.890

0.890

0.719

0.070

 

consensus

0.890

0.890

0.890

0.585

0.014

 

combined

0.939

0.946

0.934

0.913

0.115

             

III

data set 1

1.000

1.000

1.000

0.802

0.091

 

data set 2

0.780

0.780

0.780

0.623

0.034

 

consensus

0.780

0.780

0.780

0.466

0.004

 

combined

0.891

0.883

0.873

0.873

0.088

             

IV

data set 1

0.890

0.890

0.890

0.748

0.080

 

data set 2

0.890

0.890

0.890

0.705

0.081

 

consensus

0.780

0.780

0.780

0.486

0.008

 

combined

0.884

0.883

0.882

0.851

0.130

             

V

data set 1

1.000

1.000

1.000

0.818

0.087

 

data set 2

0.440

0.440

0.439

0.364

0.052

 

consensus

0.440

0.440

0.439

0.301

0.009

 

combined

0.768

0.602

0.480

0.417

0.070

             

VI

data set 1

1.000

1.000

1.000

0.836

0.103

 

data set 2

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

consensus

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

combined

0.715

0.479

0.080

0.008

0.001

             

VII

data set 1

0.440

0.440

0.440

0.363

0.044

 

data set 2

0.330

0.330

0.330

0.295

0.037

 

consensus

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

combined

0.733

0.551

0.093

0.003

0.000

 

 

 

 

APPENDIX 8. Accuracy of separate, combined, and consensus analysis for two genes (data sets) with different phylogenetic histories, with symmetric tree topologies and 1000 characters in each data set. Each value is the average accuracy from 100 replicated matrices.

   

Branch length

Case

 

0.01

0.15

0.30

0.45

0.60

I

data set 1

1.000

1.000

0.996

0.792

0.230

 

data set 2

1.000

1.000

0.993

0.782

0.210

 

consensus

1.000

1.000

0.989

0.681

0.055

 

combined

1.000

1.000

0.999

0.868

0.293

             

II

data set 1

1.000

1.000

0.994

0.790

0.219

 

data set 2

0.780

0.780

0.776

0.567

0.141

 

consensus

0.780

0.780

0.770

0.475

0.037

 

combined

0.875

0.892

0.880

0.750

0.252

             

III

data set 1

1.000

1.000

0.996

0.785

0.221

 

data set 2

0.560

0.560

0.555

0.362

0.087

 

consensus

0.560

0.560

0.551

0.278

0.025

 

combined

0.716

0.771

0.765

0.603

0.212

             

IV

data set 1

0.780

0.780

0.774

0.578

0.172

 

data set 2

0.780

0.780

0.774

0.563

0.161

 

consensus

0.560

0.560

0.548

0.273

0.023

 

combined

0.701

0.760

0.746

0.604

0.204

             

V

data set 1

1.000

1.000

0.994

0.789

0.214

 

data set 2

0.560

0.560

0.558

0.474

0.148

 

consensus

0.560

0.560

0.558

0.426

0.046

 

combined

0.837

0.735

0.674

0.565

0.195

             

VI

data set 1

1.000

1.000

0.993

0.781

0.247

 

data set 2

0.220

0.220

0.220

0.201

0.053

 

consensus

0.220

0.220

0.220

0.189

0.018

 

combined

0.670

0.651

0.463

0.286

0.088

             

VII

data set 1

0.560

0.560

0.556

0.489

0.146

 

data set 2

0.560

0.560

0.556

0.475

0.153

 

consensus

0.220

0.220

0.220

0.200

0.025

 

combined

0.746