Table 4.
Estimated evolutionary rates of nucleotide substitutions per site per year (subs/site/year) for H9N2 viruses circulating in Egypt between 2011 and 2015.
| ULc – skyline Substitution rates (subs/site/year) |
Time of the most recent common ancestor tMRCA (decimal date) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genome segment | Mean (*10−3) | 95% HPD (*10−3) | Reassortant group | Common group |
| NS | 3.7 | 2.3–5.13 | 2012.89 | 2009.4 |
| PA | 4.5 | 3.38–5.8 | 2013.08 | 2009.4 |
| PB1 | 5.11 | 3.49–6.9 | 2012.86 | 2010.6 |
| PB2 | 4.58 | 3.31–5.96 | 2012.5 | 2009 |
| HA | 5.7 | 4.4–7.09 | 2013.9 | 2009 |
Substitution rates were estimated under an uncorrelated lognormal relaxed clock (UL) model. The 95% HPD intervals are given