Figure 1.
The correlation between synonymous site diversity in mtDNA and allozyme heterozygosity across (a) all species, (b) within mammals, and (c) within fish.
Table 1.
The correlation between allozyme heterozygosity and synonymous site diversity in mtDNA across and within several groups of animals.
Figure 2.
The correlation between ψ2 and θs1 when species are aggregated into groups of 4 across (a) all species, (b) within mammals, and (c) within fish.
Table 2.
The correlation between ψ and θs for mitochondrial DNA.
Table 3.
The estimated rate of mutation per generation in mitochondrial DNA in selected mammals.
Figure 3.
The estimated mutation rate per generation in mtDNA versus generation time.
The triangles are for the equal rates model the circles for the gamma rates model assuming a shape parameter of 1.0.
Table 4.
Estimated mtDNA effective population sizes for selected groups of mammals.