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. 2011 Apr;187(4):1153–1161. doi: 10.1534/genetics.110.124073

TABLE 1.

Mutation and selection parameters fitted in the model and limits for uniform priors

Parameter Meaning Limits of uniform prior
knCG Mutation rate at non-CpG sitesa 0, 0.4
α CpG:non-CpG mutation rate ratio 2, 20
βnCG Transition:transversion ratio at non-CpG sites 1, 5
βCG Transition:transversion ratio at CpG sites 1, 20
CN Constraint at nonsynonymous sites −1, 1
CS Constraint at synonymous sites −1, 1
a

The mutation rate refers to the rate down one of the two lineages.