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. 2009 Apr;181(4):1567–1578. doi: 10.1534/genetics.108.100032

TABLE 3.

Influence of the age of the sweep

Age of the sweep
Selection strength τ = 0.001 τ = 0.01 τ = 0.1
Detection power
α = 300 0.98 0.99 0.89
α = 500 0.99 1.00 0.97
Average no. of sweep windowsa
α = 300 1.13 1.12 1.16
α = 500 1.16 1.20 1.28
Average length of the largest sweep window (kb)a
α = 300 6.19 6.21 5.03
α = 500 8.64 8.49 7.03
Proportion of the largest sweep windows including the selected sitea
α = 300 0.98 0.98 0.87
α = 500 0.99 0.97 0.93
Average distance from the largest sweep window to the selected site (kb)ab
α = 300 1.10 1.08 1.31
α = 500 1.45 1.50 1.60

Performances of HMMB (three-state model with estimated background emission probabilities) for several values of τ and α are shown. n = 30, L = 100 kb. Type I error is 5%.

a

Among those replicates where at least one sweep is detected.

b

Computed from the center of the sweep window.