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. 2014 Jun 28;20(24):7622–7634. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i24.7622

Table 2.

Hepatitis B virus genotype substitution rates estimated using different methods

Genotype Evolutionary rate 95%HPD TMRCA 95%HPD Ref.
A 0.90 × 10-4 0.12 × 10-4-1.7 × 10-4 237 29-455 [43]
8.6 × 10-4 4.3 × 10-4-14.3 × 10-4 [106]
A2 0.91 × 10-4 0.11 × 10-4-1.7 × 10-4 62 12-112 [43]
A2 3.23 × 10-5 5.6 × 10-8-9.0 × 10-5 [71]
2.72 × 10-4 1.73 × 10-4-5.8 × 10-4 [48]
C 2 × 10-4 5.4 × 10-4-3.61 × 10-4 [106]
3.73 × 10-4 96 23-271 [107]
D 6.3 × 10-4 4.8 × 10-4-7.8 × 10-4 84 55-110 [49]
4.4 × 10-4 2.6 × 10-4-6.2 × 10-4 128 66-210 [49]
1.21 × 10-4 1.83 × 10-4-2.27 × 10-4 [106]
4.30 × 10-4 1.16 × 10-4-7.26 × 10-4 66 26-140 [107]
3.67 × 10-4 2.8 × 10-4-4.5 × 10-4 85 67-103 [43]
D3 3.29 × 10-4 2.9 × 10-4-3.7 × 10-4 70 61-79 [43]
5.4 × 10-5 4.0 × 10-5-7.21 × 10-5 104 139-79 [42]
D1 4.2 × 10-4 3 × 10-4-6.6 × 10-4 46 20-67 [48]
E 9.29 × 10-4 0.18 × 10-4-20.2 × 10-4 [106]
2.4 × 10-4 0.55 × 10-4-5.54 × 10-4 58 40-83 [81]
3.2 × 10-4 2.2 × 10-4-4.5 × 10-4 29.6 16-52 [75]
F 1.67 × 10-4 0.94 × 10-4-2.37 × 10-4 284 120-501 [86]
1.67 × 10-4 0.94 × 10-4-2.37 × 10-4 255 224-282 [89]
2.60 × 10-4-1.5 × 10-5 150.9-2418.4 [87]
Root 7.7 × 10-4 0.84 × 10-4-8.61 × 10-4 229 64-580 [107]
2.2 × 10-6 1.5 × 10-6-3 × 10-6 33600 22000-47000 [94]

Evolutionary rates are expressed as mean substitutions/site per year (s/s per year), with confidence intervals as 95%HPD. The times of the most recent common ancestor (tMRCA) are also indicated with confidence limits.