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. 2002 Jan;12(1):198–202. doi: 10.1101/gr.200901

Table 3.

Proportion of Random Sequences with KA/KS Significantly Smaller than 1 (P < 0.05)a

% Divergence Length (codons/nucleotides)


17/5 34/102 50/150 67/201 100/300 334/1002






 5 3.0 (2.0–4.1) 2.2 (1.3–3.1) 2.5 (1.5–3.5) 2.5 (1.5–3.5) 2.0 (1.1–2.9) 2.2 (1.3–3.1)
10 2.9 (1.9–3.9) 2.8 (1.8–3.8) 2.6 (1.6–3.6) 1.8 (1.0–2.6) 2.2 (1.3–3.1) 1.9 (1.1–2.7)
15 5.0 (3.6–6.4) 3.3 (2.2–4.4) 1.7 (0.9–2.5) 2.1 (1.2–3.0) 3.5 (2.4–4.6) 1.9 (1.1–2.7)
20 4.8 (3.5–6.1) 2.9 (1.5–3.5) 2.9 (1.9–3.9) 2.5 (1.5–3.5) 2.5 (1.5–3.5) 1.1 (0.5–1.7)
a

The values in parentheses indicate the 95% confidence interval.