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. 2007 Oct;177(2):937–948. doi: 10.1534/genetics.107.075663

TABLE 2.

Multiple regression results

Statistical model including which variables were supported
Population Constant cumulative-mutation variable Cumulative-mutation variable excluded Comparisona
624A Generations of evolution mutation rate (R2 = 0.954) Generations of evolution mutation rate (R2 = 0.956) NA
624B Generations of evolution mutation rate (R2 = 0.976) Generations of evolution mutation rate (R2 = 0.975) P = 0.035
624C Generations of evolution (R2 = 0.6911) Generations of evolution (R2 = 0.6909) P = 0.13
624D Generations of evolution (R2 = 0.943) Generations of evolution (R2 = 0.942) P = 0.08
624E Generations of evolution (R2 = 0.948) Generations of evolution (R2 = 0.947) P = 0.27b
a

ANOVA comparison between the two models (see materials and methods).

b

These models are not nested and therefore this test is not entirely valid.