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. 2006 Oct;80(20):9928–9933. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00441-06

TABLE 2.

Bayesian MCMC estimates of JCV and human mtDNA evolutionary dynamics

Genetic material analyzed ML data set factors
Clock Sequence length (bp) Isolation date range Mean rate (subs/site/yr) HPD of rate (subs/site/yr) Mean MRCA (yr) HPD of MRCA (yr)
158 JCV coding regions Relaxed 4,798 1970-2003 1.7 × 10−5 2.1 × 10−6, 3.1 × 10−5 1.3 × 103 3.1 × 102, 3.1 × 103
158 human mtDNA genomes (no D-loop) Strict 15,454 NA Set to 1.7 × 10−8 NA 1.4 × 105 1.0 × 105, 1.8 × 105