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Table 1 Nucleotide substitution rates and divergence times for the VP1 genes of GI (n = 102, 1623 nt) and GII (n = 374, 1623 nt) NoVs in Chinaa

From: Genomic diversity and phylogeography of norovirus in China

Genotype

Molecular clock

Nucleotide substitution rate (10–3 substitutions/site/year)

TMRCA by:

 

No. of year

Date (range)

GI

Strict

1.22 (0.67, 1.80)

287.0 (159.1, 454.1)

1727.0 (1559.9, 1854.9)

GI

UCLN

1.69 (0.79, 2.73)

275.4 (112.1, 485.0)

1738.6 (1529.0, 1901.9)

GI

UCED

1.68 (0.88, 2.62)

276.9 (100.2, 515.1)

1737.1 (1498.9, 1913.8)

GII

Strict

2.69 (2.12, 3.31)

191.3 (133.4, 253.3)

1823.7 (1761.7, 1881.6)

GII

UCLN

4.56 (3.39, 5.78)

172.3 (74.0, 304.4)

1842.7 (1710.6, 1941.0)

GII

UCED

4.47 (3.47, 5.50)

151.4 (65.5, 280.1)

1863.6 (1734.9, 1949.5)

  1. aThe nucleotide substitution rate is the mean rate for the three individual determinations. UCLN uncorrelated log-normal clock, UCED uncorrelated exponential deviation clock, TMRCA time to most recent common ancestor. Values in parentheses are 95% HPDs