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Table 1 Prior Schemes (PS) used in pairwise BPP analyses. Prior distributions on τ represent two relative divergence depths (deep and shallow) and on θ represent two relative mutation rate scaled effective population sizes (large and small)

From: Molecular phylogenetics of the African horseshoe bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae): expanded geographic and taxonomic sampling of the Afrotropics

Prior Scheme (PS)

Effective pop. size

Divergence depth

Gamma distribution for prior

1

Large

Deep

θ = Γ [1, 10] and τ = Γ [1, 10]

2

Large

Shallow

θ = Γ [1, 10] and τ = Γ [2, 2000]

3

Small

Shallow

θ = Γ [2, 2000] and τ = Γ [2, 2000]

4

Small

Deep

θ = Γ [2, 2000] and τ = Γ [1, 10]

  1. Prior distributions on τ represent two relative divergence depths (deep and shallow) and on θ represent two relative mutation-rate-scaled effective population sizes (large and small)