Table 1

Incorporating rate variation in the maximum likelihood estimation using the same set of data in Hao and Golding (2006).

Rate
Gamma Distribution
Constant Rate
ΔLnL





α value
MLE
LnL
MLE
LnL


μ1 = μ2 = μ3
0.37
5.29
-39765
0.51
-40277
512

μ1
5.83
4.73
-36874
4.42
-36902
28
μ2 = μ3

0.37

0.35



μ1
3.04
4.49
-36042
3.92
-36128
86
μ2

0.32

0.28


μ3

1.67

1.23



Hao and Golding BMC Genomics 2008 9:235   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-9-235