Table 2.
Approximate and ML Estimates of Mutation Rates (per site per generation) and ML Estimates of the Effective Population Size of Mitochondrial Genomes (Ne) per Generation.
| Mutation Type | No. of Mutations | μ (approximately) × 10−8 | μ (ML) × 10−8 | Ne (ML) |
| S lines (61 generation) | ||||
| Base substitution | 3 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 10 |
| Indel | 9 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 5 |
| All events | 12 | 13.7 | 15.1 | 10 |
| A lines (100 generation) | ||||
| Base substitution | 3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5 |
| Indel | 8 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 5 |
| All events | 11 | 17.3 | 17.5 | 5 |
| A1 lines (116 generation) | ||||
| All events | 6 | 14.0 | N/A | N/A |
| A2 lines (81 generation) | ||||
| All events | 5 | 22.8 | N/A | N/A |
Note.—N/A, not applicable.