Table 1.
Insertion/deletion rates inferred from the maximum likelihood analysis assuming different rates for external and internal branches.
| Rate | Reversible | Deleted oncea | ||
| MLE | LnL | MLE | LnL | |
| constant μ | 1.18 | -10875.4 | 1.08 | -10991.8 |
| μ1 = μ2 = μ3 = μ4 = μ5 = μ6 (external) | 1.26 | -10873.0 | 1.33 | -10958.3 |
| μ7 = μ8 (internal) | 1.06 | 0.60 | ||
aGenes can not be regained after deletion.