Table 2 Success rate (%) of data analysis methods with varying speciation time; mtDNA sequences were simulated for two species and a sample size n = 10; the mutation parameter θ was either 3 (A) or 30 (B).

(A) θ = 3

100

62.90

62.25 ¶

65.45 *

65.40

64.30

64.95

1

500 †

87.25*

86.30

87.20

87.15

86.40

87.15

1000

95.90

96.00

96.75 *

96.55

96.00

95.75

5000

100.00 *

100.00 *

100.00 *

99.85

100.00 *

99.80

10000

100.00 *

100.00 *

100.00 *

100.00 *

100.00 *

99.90

(B) θ = 30

100

75.60

75.30

76.25 *

75.50

77.75

73.45

500 †

96.10

96.20 *

95.55

93.50 ¶

95.25

94.00 ¶

2

2

1000

99.15 *

99.15 *

98.55

97.10 ¶

98.35 ¶

96.90 ¶

3

3

5000

99.95

100.00 *

100.00 *

99.40 ¶

100.00 *

99.45 ¶

1

2

10000

100.00 *

100.00 *

100.00 *

99.40 ¶

100.00 *

99.55 ¶

2

2