Table 1

Assumed parameter values for C. elegans as applied to Muller's ratchet models of extinction time

Parameter

Best estimate

Minimum

Maximum

T_gen

60 d

4 d

90 d

R_max

280

100

1000

T_age

18 Myr

5 Myr

30 Myr

N_e(nuclear)

10000

1000

100000

U_{TOT (nuclear, haploid)}

1.5

0.6

3

U_{SDM (nuclear, haploid)}

0.5

0.06

1.5

N_{e (mt)}

10000

1000

100000

U_{TOT (mt)}

0.001

0.0005

0.002

U_{SDM (mt)}

0.0003

0.00005

0.001

f_SDM

30%

10%

50%

s

Many orders of magnitude (10^-6 - 1)

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