Effects of missing data and data type on phylotranscriptomic analysis of stony corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)

Across the tree of life, phylogenetic analysis is increasingly being performed using transcriptome data. As a result of heterogeneous gene expression within individual organisms and unequal sequencing depth between samples, coverage of homologous loci in such datasets is typically inhomogeneous. Consequently, missing data are a common feature of phylotranscriptomic inference, but their impact on phylogenetic analysis remains poorly characterised...