Table 4 Success rate (%) of data analysis methods for a number of species ranging from two to five; mtDNA sequences were simulated for a reference sample size n = 10 and a separation time T = 500 (N _f /2); the mutation parameter θ was either 3 (A) or 30 (B).

(A) θ = 3

2 †

87.25

86.30

87.30*

87.15

87.20

87.15

3

81.73 *

80.77

80.67

80.40

80.97

81.10

4

75.80

75.00

75.40

75.68

75.95 *

74.78 ¶

1

5

73.26 *

72.36

72.58

72.84

73.22

70.74 ¶

1

1

(B) θ = 30

2 †

96.10

96.20 *

95.55

93.50 ¶

95.25

94.00 ¶

2

2

3

94.40 *

94.23

94.00

90.93 ¶

93.50

92.10 ¶

2

2

4

93.78 *

93.73

92.90

90.10 ¶

92.53 ¶

91.40 ¶

3

2

5

92.46

92.38

92.70 *

88.98 ¶

92.08

90.46 ¶

2

2