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Table 3 Relative TIGER rates of evolution across the three data sets for all sites and variable sites only, extended to include Acanthocephala

From: 18S rRNA variability maps reveal three highly divergent, conserved motifs within Rotifera

Data set

TIGER rate of evolution (all sites)

TIGER rate of evolution (variable sites)

Bdelloidea

0.926 ± 0.022 (n = 1703)

0.485 ± 0.031 (n = 244)

Monogononta

0.873 ± 0.020 (n = 1817)

0.467 ± 0.022 (n = 434)

Rotifera

0.760 ± 0.017 (n = 1969)

0.391 ± 0.014 (n = 777)

Acanthocephala

0.744 ± 0.015 (n = 2313)

0.371 ± 0.012 (n = 942)

Syndermata (= Acanthocephala + Rotifera)

0.661 ± 0.013 (n = 2480)

0.326 ± 0.009 (n = 1249)

  1. Sites where less than 15% of the species possess sequence data are excluded. Rates are presented as the mean ± SE with no correction for the non-independence between paired sites