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Table 5 List of abbreviations used referring to evolutionary rate parameters

From: Binary-state speciation and extinction method is conditionally robust to realistic violations of its assumptions

Symbol

Parameter type

Associated character states

“Real” (simulated) or estimated from BiSSE

λ0

Speciation rate

Ancestral state

Real

λ1

Speciation rate

Derived state

Real

μ0

Extinction rate

Ancestral state

Real

μ1

Extinction rate

Derived state

Real

q01

Transition rate

Ancestral to derived

Real

q10

Transition rate

Derived to ancestral

Real

\( \widehat{\uplambda} \) 0

Speciation rate

Ancestral state

Estimated from BiSSE

\( \widehat{\uplambda} \) 1

Speciation rate

Derived state

Estimated from BiSSE

\( \widehat{\upmu} \) 0

Extinction rate

Ancestral state

Estimated from BiSSE

\( \widehat{\upmu} \) 1

Extinction rate

Derived state

Estimated from BiSSE

\( \widehat{\mathrm{q}} \)01

Transition rate

Ancestral to derived

Estimated from BiSSE

\( \widehat{\mathrm{q}} \)10

Transition rate

Derived to ancestral

Estimated from BiSSE

  1. Parameters with the subscript 0 refer to rates associated with the ancestral state, those with the subscript 1 refer to the derived state, parameters with the hat symbol (^) are estimates made by BiSSE, while parameters with no hat symbol are the real values in the simulation