Table 1.

Estimate of the percentage of sites evolving neutrally among various species


Alignment

Estimated neutral conservation rate

Conserved singlet in the alignment

Conserved singlet in the simulation

Estimated percentage evolving neutrally
Saccharomyces cerevisiae/Saccharomyces paradoxus 0.74 41,334 59,218 ± 214 69.8 ± 0.3%
Saccharomyces cerevisiae/Saccharomyces mikatae 0.60 76,392 107,485 ± 283 71.1 ± 0.2%
Saccharomyces cerevisiae/Saccharomyces bayanus 0.52 96,068 131,135 ± 323 73.2 ± 0.2%
Saccharomyces cerevisiae/Saccharomyces paradoxus/Saccharomyces mikatae/Saccharomyces bayanus
0.33
110,011
149,334 ± 356
73.7 ± 0.2%