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. 2013 Feb 20;5(3):559–571. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evt029

Table 3.

Evolutionary Rates Based on Jukes–Cantor Distance

Exons
Introns
Diva Mutation Rateb
Diva Mutation Rateb
Year Generation Year Generation
HBD 0.80 0.74 × 10−9 1.84 × 10−8 0.99 0.91 × 10−9 2.28 × 10−8
HBB 0.26 0.24 × 10−9 0.60 × 10−8 1.75 1.62 × 10−9 4.06 × 10−8
HBBP1 1.45 1.34 × 10−9 3.36 × 10−8 1.04 0.96 × 10−9 2.41 × 10−8

aAverage nucleotide divergence between human and chimpanzee.

bMutation rate per site.