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Table 1 Estimates of the mean and standard deviation of Θ obtained from the two methods with the K80 model

From: Bayesian estimation of scaled mutation rate under the coalescent: a sequential Monte Carlo approach

 

m = 20

 

l =200

 

l = 400

 

l = 600

Θ

SMC

MCMC

 

SMC

MCMC

 

SMC

MCMC

0.01

0.0081 (0.0036)

0.0009 (0.0053)

 

0.0113 (0.0030)

0.0010 (0.0051)

 

0.0101 (0.0025)

0.0096 (0.0045)

0.10

0.0795 (0.0040)

0.0193 (0.0050)

 

0.0881 (0.0040)

0.0280 (0.0045)

 

0.1121 (0.0034)

0.0924 (0.0042)

0.50

0.4023 (0.0044)

0.3034 (0.0050)

 

0.4412 (0.0044)

0.4214 (0.0049)

 

0.4624 (0.0039)

0.4510 (0.0040)

  1. m=20 and l=200,400 and 600. The different values of Θ are shown in column 1