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. 2013 Feb 11;13:38. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-38

Table 2.

Summary statistics of parameter estimates for rate asymmetry simulations with 500 taxa under low and high tip bias scenarios

Rate asymmetry λ0 λ1 q10 q01 μ0 μ1
Speciation (Figure3)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Low Tip Bias (31:10)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Simulated
0.1
0.125
0.01
0.01
0.03
0.03
Estimated (Mean ± Se)
0.101 ± 0.018
0.125 ± 0.013
0.01 ± 0.003
0.01 ± 0.006
0.035 ± 0.031
0.029 ± 0.022
Medium Tip Bias (401:10)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Simulated
0.1
0.5
0.01
0.01
0.03
0.03
Estimated (Mean ± Se)
0.107 ± 0.119
0.502 ± 0.033
0.012 ± 0.007
0.09 ± 0.295
0.103 ± 0.33
0.034 ± 0.046
High Tip Bias (1801:10)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Simulated
0.1
2.0
0.01
0.01
0.03
0.03
Estimated (Mean ± Se)
0.377 ± 2.57
2.048 ± 0.124
0.018 ± 0.028
3.1 ± 7.6
1.78 ± 4.85
0.11 ± 0.17
Character Change (Figure4)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Low Tip Bias (21:10)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Simulated
0.1
0.1
0.005
0.01
0.03
0.03
Estimated (Mean ± Se)
0.103 ± 0.033
0.099 ± 0.011
0.005 ± 0.002
0.0099 ± 0.005
0.038 ± 0.053
0.03 ± 0.02
Medium Tip Bias (101:10)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Simulated
0.1
0.1
0.005
0.05
0.03
0.03
Estimated (Mean ± Se)
0.104 ± 0.032
0.098 ± 0.009
0.0058 ± 0.006
0.057 ± 0.218
0.048 ± 0.075
0.026 ± 0.014
High Tip Bias (401:10)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Simulated
0.1
0.1
0.005
0.2
0.03
0.03
Estimated (Mean ± Se)
0.142 ± 0.145
0.098 ± 0.008
0.008 ± 0.009
0.193 ± 0.443
0.281 ± 0.462
0.023 ± 0.014
Extinction (Figure5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Low Tip Bias (21:10)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Simulated
0.1
0.1
0.01
0.01
0.06
0.03
Estimated (Mean ± Se)
0.1 ± 0.02
0.099 ± 0.01
0.009 ± 0.002
0.009 ± 0.006
0.063 ± 0.031
0.028 ± 0.016
Medium Tip Bias (31:10)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Simulated
0.1
0.1
0.01
0.01
0.09
0.03
Estimated (Mean ± Se)
0.077 ± 0.014
0.102 ± 0.009
0.009 ± 0.003
0.012 ± 0.013
0.093 ± 0.047
0.027 ± 0.014
High Tip Bias (101:10)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Simulated
0.1
0.1
0.01
0.01
0.3
0.03
Estimated (Mean ± Se) 0.116 ± 0.109 0.098 ± 0.008 0.013 ± 0.03 0.194 ± 1.2 0.29 ± 0.33 0.028 ± 0.015