Figure 1 in Character mapping and cladogram comparison versus the requirement of total evidence: does it matter for polychaete systematics?

Figure 1. Example of the error of cladogram comparisons. A, phylogenetic hypotheses inferred from separate sets of premises. Letters on cladogram 'nodes' indicate population-splitting events relevant to the various hypotheses of character origin/fixation within ancestral populations. The requirement of total evidence precludes such a comparison of cladogram topologies because explanations of characters 1(1)–5(1) by population-splitting events A–C (left cladogram) contradict explanations of 6(1)–8(1) by population-splitting events D–F. See text for further discussion. B, explaining observations in accordance with the requirement of total evidence, correcting the problem in 'A'.