*** Example diagram

This diagram represents phylogenetic mosaicism within the family/alignment file.

Generally each taxon within the family has one, or more, overall phylogenetic nearest neighbours. However, some segments of some taxa may be phylogenetically closer to segments of other taxa, which are not in the same family. Each of these phylogenetic anomalies, or instances of phylogenetic mosiacism between families, are illustrated in the diagram.

The block on the left of the diagram represents the family in question. Where a segment of a taxon in the family has a nearest neighbour which differs from the taxon as a whole, the lines show the segments, linked to the family of this affiliated taxon on the right.

Click on an affiliated family to show its affiliations.
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Black lines indicate segments of this family where a taxon's segment's nearest neighbour is not the taxon's overall nearest neighbour.
Red lines indicate where a taxon's segment is the nearest neighbour of the segment of another taxon, but this taxon is not the overall nearest neighbour.