Table 1 Details of tip-dating (TD) analyses performed in the present study.

From: Putting scales into evolutionary time: the divergence of major scale insect lineages (Hemiptera) predates the radiation of modern angiosperm hosts

 

Tip prior distribution

Sample strategy

Sample probability

Root prior distribution

TD-A

fixed

diversity

0.01

offset exponential

TD-B

uniform

diversity

0.01

offset exponential

TD-C

uniform

diversity

0.005

offset exponential

TD-D

fixed

diversity

0.005

offset exponential

TD-E

uniform

fossiltip

0.01

offset exponential

TD-F

uniform

diversity

0.01

log-normal

TD-G

fixed

fossiltip

0.01

offset exponential

TD-H

fixed

diversity

0.01

no root

TD-I

fixed

diversity

0.01

log-normal