Figure 3

The effect of varying parameters of the gene conversion models on sum of squared fragment length (SSUF). a) The impact of varying the mean of the geometric distribution of conversion tract length for the HI994 model. b) The impact of varying the length of a MEPS on the B2000 model. Relative gene conversion rate is plotted against the mean SSUF value from 1000 simulated alignments. Numbers next to the lines indicate the size of the parameter in question, in base pairs. Significance is assessed against the SSUF from the observed alignment. Filled squares indicate rates at which simulated datasets are significantly different from the observed one, at the 95% level.