Table 2.

MAP estimates. α and β represent the population-growth rate and the parameter of the distribution that describes the rate of multiple mergers, respectively. See the text for more information on α and β. Here, θ is the population mutation rate.

parameter	the MMC model	Kingman population-constant model	Kingman population-growth model
α	17.1	n.a.	17.7
β	1.64	n.a.	n.a.
θ	102.9	52.1	97.2
false-positive rate	0.012	0.013	0.010
false-negative rate	0.068	0.072	0.098
false-positive sites	89	72	70
false-negative sites	21	26	35