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. 2017 May 1;8:737. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00737

Table 1.

Mean values and ESSs of key BEAST run statistics computed using GTR substitution model, strict molecular clock, and constant population size models.

Clock model Population model Substitution modela Tree
Posterior
Clock rate
Tree model root height
Constant population sizec
Mean likelihood ESSb Mean ESSb Mean ESSb Mean ESSb Mean ESSb
Lognormal relaxedd Constant GTR -6.532260E+06 53862 -6.532942E+06 5010 7.21E-07 3272 35 4390 66 5300
Lognormal relaxed Bayesian skyline GTR -6.532256E+06 10179 -6.535220E+06 577 8.73E-07 561 23 746 na na
Strict Constant GTR -6.532319E+06 15931 -6.533004E+06 3676 7.28E-07 2616 31 2963 68 4747
Strict Bayesian skyline GTR -6.532318E+06 7905 -6.535308E+06 3050 7.46E-07 2503 29 2958 na na

aGTR, general time-reversible substitution model.

bESS, effective sample size.

cna, not applicable.

dThe parameters shown are a result of four combined BEAST runs initiated from four different random seeds (Supplementary Material file log.sh).