Table 1

PSPE parameters for simulating sequence evolution

Original ancestral sequences
Human non-coding region
Sequence length
500 bp
Base frequencies
A = 0.215, C = 0.287, G = 0.285, T = 0.214
Substitution model
HKY85
Transition:transversion ratio
20:1
Point substitution:InDel ratio
10:1
InDel model
Geometric distribution (p = 0.5)
Heterogeneity of substitution rate
Gamma (1.0) + Iota (0.1)
Range of GC content
(45%, 70%)
Evolution distance per step
0.05 substitution per site

Huang et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R225   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-10-r225

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