Figure 2. Comparison of between and within group evolutionary diversity with phylogenetic signal.
(a) Between group estimates of evolutionary diversity (i.e. nucleotide substitutions per site from averaging over all sequence pairs between groups) using maximum composite likelihood model with a gamma distribution. Each group represents a distinct group (I - VI) defining a specific epidemic. Percentages along the diagonal represent the results from likelihood mapping phylogenetic signal analysis (material and methods). The greater the percentage, the higher the “star-like” signal for each clade. (b) Within group estimates for evolutionary diversity and standard errors using the maximum composite likelihood model with a gamma distribution for six distinct groups representing distinct epidemics.