Rate variation and estimation of divergence times using strict and relaxed clocks

Table 2 The impact of different priors on σ² in the Gallotiinae dataset (independent rates analysis).

Gamma prior	Codon 1	Codon 2	Codon 3	RNA stem	RNA loop
G(0.5, 0.01)	0.1089 (0.003, 0.563)	0.2695 (0.004, 1.358)	0.066 (0.002, 0.237)	0.444 (0.017, 1.532)	0.168 (0.002, 0.611)
G(0.5, 0.1)	0.116 (0.002, 0.583)	0.150 (0.000, 1.001)	0.060 (0.000, 0.224)	0.423 (0.014, 1.468)	0.173 (0.005, 0.619)
G(0.5, 1)	0.091 (0.002, 0.448)	0.193 (0.001, 0.901)	0.060 (0.001, 0.215)	0.319 (0.008, 1.088)	0.150 (0.001, 0.541)
G(0.5, 10)	0.023 (0.000, 0.142)	0.051 (0.001, 0.224)	0.040 (0.001, 0.144)	0.0833 (0.002, 0.323)	0.062 (0.000, 0.236)
G(0.5, 100)	0.0055 (0.000, 0.025)	0.004 (0.000, 0.023)	0.007 (0.000, 0.032)	0.006 (0.000, 0.028)	0.007 (0.000, 0.031)

Posterior means and 95% intervals (in parentheses) on σ² are shown for each data partition.

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