Fig. 1

Power estimates for the individual (i.e., uHC_(h)’s and wHC_(h)’s for h ∈ {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}) and local omnibus (uHC_A and wHC_A) higher criticism tests (n = 50) (unit, %). a uHC_(h)’s and uHC_A for the randomly selected OTUs (i.e., Λ = {2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, 10% or 12% random OTUs}). b wHC_(h)’s and wHC_A for the randomly selected OTUs (i.e., Λ = {2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, 10% or 12% phylogenetically close OTUs}). c uHC_(h)’s and uHC_A for the phylogenetically relevant OTUs (i.e., Λ = {2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, 10% or 12% random OTUs}). d wHC_(h)’s and wHC_A for the phylogenetically relevant OTUs (i.e., Λ = {2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, 10% 12% phylogenetically close OTUs})