TABLE 1.

Important parameters used and discussed in this article

Parameter	Value(s)	Reference
Ne	∼1 × 107 cells	Maughan et al. (2006)
Point mutation rate (per bp)	Ranges from 7 × 10−9 to 4 × 10−7	Maughan et al. (2006)
Functional mutation rate	0.003 in mutator	Masel and Maughan (2007)
Distribution of sporulation frequencies [in clonal populations (Figure 2)]	Mean: 0.581 Variance: 0.165	This work
Theoretical sojourn time for fixation of sporulation deficient mutant	Depends on single population vs. metapopulation model, as well as Ne, m, and s.	Masel et al. (2007)