Table 1.
Evaluation of the Accuracy and Power of the Test for Covarions.
| Event Studied | Number of Familiesa | Average Number of Taxa | Average Sequences Length | Accuracy under Neutral Evolution | Power under Covarion Process |
| (=1 − Percentage Covarion) (%) | (=Percentage Covarion) (%) | ||||
| Duplication 3R | 2,745 | 9.1 | 390.7 | 99.6 | 75.2 |
| Speciation tetrapods–fishes | 20,120 | 16.2 | 353.8 | 99.4 | 94.5 |
| Duplication 2R | 5,070 | 31.3 | 229.5 | 99.4 | 99.2 |
| Speciation chordates–insects | 6,170 | 28.0 | 254.9 | 99.2 | 94.5 |
a
Five simulations per set of parameters derived from one family of real data.