Figure 7

Analyses of the amniota dataset using MP-EST (with and without boosting). We show the trees estimated by MP-EST (right) and SSG and DACTAL-boosted MP-EST (left) using the MP-EST and MRP-estimated starting tree on the nucleotide amniota dataset from [13]. The sister relationship of crocodiles and birds is considered reliable, and is recovered in the SSG-boosted MP-EST tree. However, the MP-EST analysis of this dataset places crocodiles as sister to turtles (indicated by the red edge), and is not considered reliable.