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The ultrafast bootstrap (UFBoot) feature (`-bb` option) was published in ([Minh et al., 2013]). One of the main conclusions is, that UFBoot support values are more unbiased: 95% support correspond roughly to a probability of 95% that a clade is true. So this has a different meaning than the normal bootstrap supports (where you start to believe in the clade if it has >80% BS support). For UFBoot, you should only start to believe in a clade if its support is >= 95%. Thus, the interpretations are different and you should not compare BS% with UFBoot% directly.
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Moreover, it is recommended to also perform the SH-aLRT test ([Guindon et al., 2010]) by adding `-alrt 1000` into the IQ-TREE command line. Each branch will then be assigned with SH-aLRT and UFBoot supports. One would typically start to rely on the clade if its SH-aLRT >= 80% and UFboot >= 95%.
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The ultrafast bootstrap (UFBoot) feature (`-bb` option) was published in ([Minh et al., 2013]).
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One conclusions from the __analysis of many gene trees__ is that UFBoot support values are
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more unbiased: 95% support correspond roughly to a probability of 95% that a
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clade is true. So this has a different meaning than the normal (more conservative)
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bootstrap supports.
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For UFBoot, you should only start to rely on a branch if its support is >=
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95%. Thus, the interpretations are different and you should not compare BS% with
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UFBoot% directly.
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Moreover, it is recommended to also perform the SH-aLRT test ([Guindon et al., 2010]),
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e.g., by adding `-alrt 1000` into the IQ-TREE command line. Each branch will
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then be assigned with SH-aLRT and UFBoot supports. One would be more confident
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if a clade has its SH-aLRT >= 80% and UFboot >= 95%.
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> NOTE: These recommendations only apply to single gene trees. If you reconstruct
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> a "concatenation" tree from many genes in a phylogenomic analysis, they do not
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> hold anymore. In fact, UFBoot supports and even the more conservative Felsenstein's
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> bootstrap supports will tend to be 100% and there has been plenty of literature
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> about this issue. You are recommended to compute concordance factors for
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> any phylogenomic analysis.
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How does IQ-TREE treat gap/missing/ambiguous characters?
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