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. 2012 Feb;50(2):353–363. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01264-11

Table 2.

Origin and evolutionary rate inferred from the Bayesian MCMC method on the 739-nt window within the E1 gene

Parameter Mean value of parameter (95% HPD) determined by:
HKY + UCLD + EG GTR + UCLD + EG
tMRCA (calendar yr)
    Genotype 1E 1995.2 (1995.1–1995.4) 1995.2 (1995.1–1995.2)
    Cluster 1 1997.5 (1997.1–1998.5) 1997.5 (1997.2–1998.4)
    Cluster 2 2006.3 (2006.2–2006.12) 2006.3 (2006.2–2006.12)
Evolutionary rate (10−3 substitutions/site/yr)a
    Mean 1.65 × 10−3 (1.32 × 10−3–2.00 × 10−3) 1.66 × 10−3 (1.32 × 10−3–2.01 × 10−3)
    Cluster 1 evolutionary rate 1.90× 10−3 (1.44 × 10−3–2.40 × 10−3) 1.95× 10−3 (1.45 × 10−3–2.48 × 10−3)
    Coefficient of variation 0.19 (0.01–0.44) 0.20 (0.01–0.46)
a

Rate of molecular evolution given as numbers of nucleotide substitutions per site per year.