Figure 2.
Estimated reconstructability of the Boreoeutherian ancestor. Fraction of the simulated Boreoeutherian ancestral sequence reconstructed incorrectly as a function of the number of extant species used for the reconstruction. For each number of species used, results are given counting all bases (left columns) and only nonrepetitive bases (right columns). Species are added in the following order: human, cat, chipmunk, sloth, manatee, rousette bat, mole, pig, beaver, tree shrew, horse, pangolin, mouse, armadillo, aardvark, okapi, dog, mole-rat, rabbit, and lemur.
