Table 2 Summary of the estimated θ values and parameters in a gamma distribution that fits the population mutation rate at all assayed microsatellites in each species and subspecies

Set I

O. sativa

7.2392

0.7175 (0,6.3166)

9.5382 (3.0237,16.0527)

O. sativa subsp. indica

6.8069

0.7219 (0,6.1893)

8.9435 (2.4755,15.4115)

O. sativa subsp. japonica

3.9607

0.6157 (0,4.2666)

6.5953 (0.3233,12.8673)

O. rufipogon

56.2972

1.1595 (0,13.8015)

46.3953 (43.5004,49.2902)

O. officinalis

1.0156

N/A*

N/A*

Set II

O. sativa

7.9047

0.8256 (0,7.8399)

9.0353 (8.0004,10.0702)

O. sativa subsp. aromatic

2.0898

0.5172 (0,7.6967)

4.1934 (2.0374,6.3494)

O. sativa subsp. aus

3.1579

0.6709 (0,8.6246)

5.0972 (2.3924,7.8020)

O. sativa subsp. indica

4.3996

0.5977 (0,4.1943)

7.2475 (6.3831,8.1119)

O. sativa subsp. japonica

4.6547

0.3617 (0,5.3748)

12.5585 (11.5882,13.5287)

temperate japonica

1.8311

0.4388 (0,7.0048)

4.2889 (1.6821,6.8957)

tropical japonica

3.7422

0.3479 (0,7.8719)

10.3196 (7.1836,13.4556)

Set III

O. glaberrima

0.3950

0.9016 (0.0784,1.7248)

0.5019 (0,1.4466)