Input files for phylogenetic analysis of mergansers and related taxa from Rawlence et al. (2024), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society:1.BEAST_input_alignment.nex = multiple sequence alignment file (including partitions) used to create BEAST XML file in BEAUti.2.BEAST_analysis_input.xml = XML file containing data and all parameters for analysis in BEAST v1.8.4.3.IQ-TREE_input_alignment.phy = multiple sequence alignment file used as input for IQ-TREE analyses.4.IQ-TREE.partitions.txt = nucleotide partitions used as input for IQ-TREE analyses.5.IQ-TREE.alternative-topologies.txt = alternative tree topologies compared using KH, SH, and AU tests in IQ-TREE. Reference: Rawlence et al. (2024) "Ancient mitogenomes reveal evidence for the Late Miocene dispersal of mergansers to the Southern Hemisphere", Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae040).