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. 2015 Sep 29;15:209. doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0485-z

Table 2.

Combinations of priors (mean θ, mean τ, and α of the Gamma distribution) and rjMCMC algorithm used in the BPP analysis and posterior probability of the four-species tree

Posterior probability
Values for mean θ and τ priors α = 2; algorithm 1 α = 2 algorithm 2 α = 20; algorithm 1 α = 20; algorithm 2
θ = 0.002 and 1 1 1 1
τ = 0.008
θ = 0.0002 and 1 0.95 1 1
τ = 0.008
θ = 0.02 and 1 1 1 1
τ = 0.008
θ = 0.002 and 1 1 1 1
τ = 0.0008
θ = 0.002 and 1 1 1 1
τ = 0.08