Rates of evolution in the three superkingdoms and viruses derived from strict consensus trees

The average number of character changes per branch (±standard deviations) are listed for assigned, minimum, and maximum values. The total numbers of character changes in the trees are given in parentheses. ANOVA showed average branch lengths were not significantly different between different superkingdoms or viruses (assigned branch lengths, df: 3, 854; F = 2.