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. 2005 Mar;169(3):1601–1615. doi: 10.1534/genetics.104.033795

TABLE 4.

Neutrality tests using silent polymorphisms

No. loci
Sign testb
Average Pa Variance Pa +2.5% −2.5% + P
n = 195 loci without outgroup
 Tajima's D −0.4712 <0.0001* 1.0173 0.1158 3 17 50 127 <0.001*
 Fu and Li's D* −0.4745 <0.0001* 1.2352 <0.0001* 7 15 64 111 <0.001*
 D/Dminc −0.2944 <0.0001* 0.3578 0.9140 2  5 49 126 <0.001*
n = 43 loci with A. lyrata outgroup
 Fu and Li's D −0.4265 0.0050* 1.4813 0.0012* 2  6 10  21 0.071
 Fay and Wu's H −0.3506 0.8610 2.5091 0.6028 3  2 22  16 0.418
 H/Hmind −0.0277 0.8280 0.0475 0.6982 0  2 16  15 1.000
n = 20 loci with B. drummondii outgroup
 Fu and Li's D −0.6809 0.0004* 1.1118 0.3920 0  2  4  13 0.049*
 Fay and Wu's H −0.7451 0.5748 6.7061 0.2118 1  0 12   7 0.359
 H/Hmind 0.0328 0.1068 0.0242 0.4020 0  0  9   6 0.607
*

Significant P-values (P ≤ 0.05).

a

Two-tailed probability.

b

Number of loci with values larger (+) and smaller (−) than the median in coalescent simulations.

c

Tajima's D divided by its minimum (Schaeffer 2002).

d

Fay and Wu's H divided by its minimum (see materials and methods).