Extracting phylogenetic signal and accounting for bias in whole-genome data sets supports the Ctenophora as sister to remaining Metazoa

Table 2 Bayes factor comparisons of hypotheses relating to the position of the Ctenophores

Hypothesis	Marginal Likelihood For	Marginal Likelihood Against	Log Units Diff/2ln B₁₀	Interpretation^a
Monophyly of Porifera and Eumetazoa to the exclusion of Ctenophora	−1513039.43	−1513272.74	233.31/10.9	Very Strongly Supported
Monophyly of Ctenophora and Eumetazoa to the exclusion of Porifera	−1513039.63	−1513180.01	79.01/8.7	Strongly Rejected
Monophyly of Ctenophora and Cnidaria to the exclusion of all other taxa	−1514055.49	−1513062.25	993.24/13.6	Very Strongly Rejected

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