Table 2.
Insertion/deletion rates inferred from the maximum likelihood analysis assuming different rates on each branch of the phylogeny.
| Rate | Reversible | Deleted oncea | ||
| MLE | LnL | MLE | LnL | |
| constant μ | 1.18 | -10875.4 | 1.08 | -10991.8 |
| μ1 | 1.37 | -10578.0 | 1.29 | -10618.8 |
| μ2 | 0.46 | 0.48 | ||
| μ3 | 4.60 | 4.87 | ||
| μ4 | 27.42 | 32.82 | ||
| μ5 | 0.98 | 1.06 | ||
| μ6 | 2.25 | 2.20 | ||
| μ7 | 2.49 | 2.13 | ||
| μ8 | 0.001 | 0.008 | ||
aGenes can not be regained after deletion.