1. Use MEGA to export the alignment as NEXUS. 2. Use MEGA to export the tree as NEWICK 3. Open the NEXUS file in Mesquite.

4. Do ¡°Include file¡± from the ¡°File¡± menu to import the NEWICK tree ¡ª you will be asked to specify the format, so choose ¡°Philip (Trees)¡±.

5. Use Mesquite to edit the taxon labels. Use spaces instead of underscores. Taxon names should be written out in full; any special codes should be suffixes not prefixes.

6. Use Mesquite to edit and reorient/reroot the tree so that it looks like the figure in your publication. Do ¡°Store tree¡± from the Trees menu to commit any changes. 7. Have Mesquite save the file. This can be uploaded to your submission.