Table 2

Bayesian divergence time estimates (± one standard deviation) for eukaryote genome datasets.

Divergence

15 Genomes (5094 aa)^a

12 Genomes (23,571 aa)

7 Genomes (132,190 aa)

4 Genomes (287,000 aa)

Mus – Rattus

37 ± 5

50 ± 8

40 ± 9

n/a^c

Primate – Rodent

93 ± 10

117 ± 15

120 ± 20

n/a

Tetrapod – Fish^b

459 ± 20

460 ± 20

460 ± 20

458 ± 20

Vertebrate – Ciona

771 ± 47

756 ± 58

n/a

n/a

Drosophila – Anopheles

445 ± 38

500 ± 48

477 ± 51

n/a

Chordate – Arthropod

949 ± 66

912 ± 89

955 ± 92

1109 ± 103

C. elegans – C. briggsae

89 ± 13

114 ± 22

n/a

n/a

Coelomata – Nematoda

1166 ± 89

1074 ± 116

n/a

n/a

Ashbya – Saccharomyces

311 ± 39

n/a

n/a

n/a

Saccharomycetes – Neurospora

900 ± 80

851 ± 96

n/a

n/a

Animal – Fungi

1493 ± 125

1303 ± 155

n/a

n/a

Arabidopsis – C. merolae

1414 ± 121

n/a

n/a

n/a

Animal/Fungi – Plant

1671 ± 145

n/a

n/a

n/a

^aNumber of amino acids (aa). ^bTetrapod – actinopterygian fish divergence constrained between 425 and 495 Ma [78]. ^cDivergence not available (n/a) for timing.

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