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. 2007 Oct;177(2):1071–1085. doi: 10.1534/genetics.106.069468

TABLE 5.

McDonald–Kreitman test results for the dm locus

D. melanogaster
D. simulans
Synonymous Nonsynonymous Synonymous Nonsynonymous
Total locus
Total divergence
    Polymorphism 21 2 15 11
    Divergence 49 37 49 37
P-value = 0.002 P-value = 0.948
Lineage-specific divergence
    Polymorphism 21 2 15 11
    Divergence 29a 12 10a 19
P-value = 0.056 P-value = 0.084
Exon 1
Lineage-specific divergence
    Polymorphism 7 2 4 7
    Divergence 5 5 2 10
P-value = 0.210 P-value = 0.283
Exon 2 (small sample, n = 12)
Lineage-specific divergence
    Polymorphism 14 0 11 4
    Divergence 24a 7 8a 9
P-value = 0.053 P-value = 0.131
Exon 2 (large sample, n = 28)
Lineage-specific divergence
    Polymorphism 47 19 11 4
    Divergence 9a 4 2a 6
P-value = 0.886 P-value = 0.026
a

Comparisons for which there is a significant relative rates test (Tajima 1993) between the two species.