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Table 2. Estimates of the rate of change of fitness per generation in nematodes and Drosophila under whole-genome mutation accumulation (Δ_MA) and predicted rates of fitness loss per generation for humans (Δ_R), if selection is completely relaxed, calculated using Equation 5.

Species	No. MA experiments	Mean Δ_MA under MA	U	Predicted Δ_R in humans
Nematodes	7	0.15%	2.5	0.13%
Drosophila	6	1.2%	1.4	1.8%

Table 2. Estimates of the rate of change of fitness per generation in nematodes and Drosophila under whole-genome mutation accumulation (ΔMA) and predicted rates of fitness loss per generation for humans (ΔR), if selection is completely relaxed, calculated using Equation 5.