TABLE 1.

Maximum-likelihood, Bayesian average, and Bayesian 95% C.I.'s for the Nüsslein-Volhard data set under the Poisson, gamma, and mixture models

			Estimate
Author	Model	Parameter	Maximum likelihood	Bayesian average	95% credible interval [lower, upper]
C. Nüsslein-Volhard	Poisson	Rate (λ)	4.40	4.47	[3.82, 4.86]
(Drosophila, 61 loci, 272 alleles)	Zero class	1.22%	1.14%	[0.72%, 1.81%]
Gamma	Shape (α)	0.91	0.88	[0.34, 1.77]
Scale (β)	3.72	3.88	[1.72, 7.05]
Rate (λ)	3.36	3.43	[1.80, 4.73]
Zero class	24.6%	23.0%	[9.60%, 41.8%]
2C	Rate 1 (λ1)	1.88	1.98	[1.12, 2.74]
Rate 2 (λ2)	8.26	8.22	[5.79, 11.83]
Zero class	7.64%	6.94%	[2.64%, 15.7%]
2CVF	Rate 1 (λ1)	2.48	2.50	[1.69, 3.28]
Freq 1	0.77	0.73	[0.52, 0.87]
Rate 2 (λ2)	10.39	10.54	[5.90, 13.04]
Zero class	6.49%	5.93%	[1.68%, 11.8%]
3C	Rate 1 (λ1)	1.48	1.50	[0.23, 2.98]
Rate 2 (λ2)	3.21	3.47	[1.93, 4.88]
Rate 3 (λ3)	9.81	10.44	6.08, 14.19]
Zero class	8.93%	8.60%	[2.15%, 23.9%]
3CVF	Rate 1 (λ1)	1.81	1.56	[0.10, 2.71]
Freq 1	0.62	0.25	[0.01, 0.70]
Rate 2 (λ2)	6.28	3.27	[1.88, 5.09]
Freq 2	0.31	0.35	[0.01, 0.78]
Rate 3 (λ3)	14.17	10.18	[5.17, 13.92]
Freq 3	0.08	0.35	[0.05, 0.51]
		Zero class	10.1%	7.22%	[2.61%, 18.3%]