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. 2008 Jul 28;8:220. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-220

Table 3.

Posterior estimates of divergence times.

Node Unpartitioned Partitioned


BEAST mcmctree mcmctree




Mean 95% HPD Mean 95% HPD Mean 95% HPD

t1 35.69 26.55–46.51 36.59 30.71–42.63 36.49 31.20–47.40
t2 19.09 14.38–24.79 22.05 18.37–25.57 17.88 15.13–23.23
t3 12.86 9.77–16.58 15.57 12.93–17.99 12.36 10.44–15.97
t4 5.39 4.20–6.86 6.31 5.23–7.14 4.88 4.17–6.37
t5 5.05 3.90–6.48 5.80 4.81–6.64 4.55 3.85–5.99
t6 2.75 2.10–3.57 3.11 2.55–3.63 2.41 2.01–3.23
t7 0.88 0.66–1.17 0.97 0.78–1.16 0.75 0.61–1.00
t8 4.58 3.51–5.89 5.31 4.39–6.11 4.11 3.44–5.38
t9 4.08 3.11–5.27 4.69 3.86–5.43 3.66 3.07–4.84
t10 5.66 4.26–7.34 6.98 5.73–8.18 5.33 4.43–7.00
rate 1.199 0.896–1.50 1.07 0.92–1.28 AF AF
κ - - 35.72 33.01–38.63 AF AF
α 0.155 0.146–0.163 0.20 0.19–0.21 AF AF

The two mcmctree columns correspond to the unpartitioned and partitioned analyses. The divergence time estimates are in millions of years before present. HPD, highest posterior density; rate, evolutionary rate (× 10-8 substitutions/site/year); κ, transition-transversion parameter of the HKY model; α, shape parameter of the rate heterogeneity Γ-distribution. AF, see Additional File 1.