Phylogenetic analyses of complete mitochondrial genome sequences suggest a basal divergence of the enigmatic rodent Anomalurus

Table 3 Selected estimates of divergence dates and amino acid substitution rates in branches leading to the labelled divergence in Euarchontoglires.

	Calibration point	protein		DNA12		aa substitution rate
Divergence		time/MYA	5% interval/MYA	time/MYA	5% interval/MYA
Homo		5.73	4.11 – 7.76	6.41	4.39 – 8.76	0.26
Gorilla		9.00	7.00 – 11.44	10.16	7.73 – 12.74	0.26
(Pongo)	13–18 MYA	15.20	13.13 – 17.75	15.84	13.23 – 17.90	0.30
old world/new		36.80	31.86 – 42.12	38.50	32.58 – 42.81	0.35
world monkeys
(Cynocephalus)		49.34	44.34 – 54.77	52.81	46.83 – 59.14	0.24
(Tarsius,(Nycticebus+Lemur))		60.65	56.72 – 65.96	59.74	54.90 – 65.62	0.15
(Lagomorpha)	61–90 MYA	62.77	61.05 – 67.53	62.68	61.04 – 67.27	0.12
(Glires)		65.42	62.32 – 70.99	65.28	61.87 – 70.97	0.13
basal Lagomorpha divergence	35–40 MYA	38.94	36.33 – 39.97	38.85	36.05 – 39.97	0.10
(Anomalurus, Hystricognathi)		58.83	55.51 – 63.56	57.50	53.33 – 62.40	0.14
(Hystricognathi)		48.12	42.51 – 53.52	52.28	46.20 – 57.91	0.25
(Muroidea,Dipodoidea)		53.57	49.10 – 58.34	51.82	46.08 – 57.28	0.17
(Mus)		15.06	10.54 – 20.45	15.93	10.38 – 22.84	0.23
(Muridae)		36.11	29.87 – 42.23	36.48	29.24 – 43.44	0.26

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