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Table 1 Assumed parameter values for C. elegans as applied to Muller's ratchet models of extinction time

From: On the potential for extinction by Muller's Ratchet in Caenorhabditis elegans

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)