Table 3. Evolutionary rates estimated from the HMPV genomes.

		Evolutionary rate (10−3 substitutions/site/year)
Coding region	NT length analyzed	Nucleotide	Synonymous	Nonsynonymous
Complete	12,133	0.52 (0.27–0.76) a	-	-
N	1,152	0.65 (0.36–0.92)	0.52	< 10−5
P	885	0.85 (0.42–1.29)	0.50	0.20
M	762	0.76 (0.38–1.16)	0.55	< 10−5
F	1,617	0.60 (0.32–0.90)	0.43	< 10−5
M2	727	0.74 (0.42–1.06)	-	-
M2-1	564	-	0.62	0.11
M2-2	216	-	0.53	0.19
SH	531	1.57 (0.71–2.49)	0.57	0.61
G	444	2.13 (1.10–3.18)	0.72	1.10
L	6,015	0.43 (0.19–0.63)	0.32	< 10−5

^a Lower and upper limits of 95% HPD are provided in parenthesis.