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. 2007 May 16;2(5):e442. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000442

Table 1. Polymorphism and divergence for all species examined as well as previously published estimates for D. melanogaster and D. simulans.

Polymorphism
Species # lines #sites π (syn.) π (nonsyn.)
D. melanogaster 6 2801 0.036 0.022
D. simulans 7 2801 0.062 0.029
D. yakuba 8 2303 0.0034 0.0
D. tessieri 5 2303 0.042 0.0019
D. mojavensis 6 2792 0.018 0.0012
D. arizonae 6 2792 0.015 0.0012
D. pseudoobscura 6 2191 0.0062 0.00065
D. miranda 1 2191 n/a n/a
Divergence
Species Pair Ks * Ka * Ka/Ks
D. mel/D. sim 0.099 0.052 0.53
D. yak/D. teiss 0.088 0.0044 0.05
D. moj/D. ariz 0.062 0.0064 0.10
D. pseudo/D. mir 0.057 0.017 0.30
*

Ka and Ks refer to the nonsynonymous and synonymous substitution rates, respectively.