Table 1 Incorporating rate variation in the maximum likelihood estimation using the same set of data in Hao and Golding (2006).
From: Uncovering rate variation of lateral gene transfer during bacterial genome evolution
Rate | Gamma Distribution | Constant Rate | ΔLnL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | α value | MLE | LnL | MLE | LnL |  |
μ1 = μ2 = μ3 | 0.37 | 5.29 | -39765 | 0.51 | -40277 | 512 |
μ 1 | 5.83 | 4.73 | -36874 | 4.42 | -36902 | 28 |
μ2 = μ3 |  | 0.37 |  | 0.35 |  |  |
μ 1 | 3.04 | 4.49 | -36042 | 3.92 | -36128 | 86 |
μ 2 |  | 0.32 |  | 0.28 |  |  |
μ 3 |  | 1.67 |  | 1.23 |  |  |