Table 3.
Comparison of p-values calculated by the AHOPRO program, by Monte Carlo simulation and by compound Poisson distribution formula under the M1 model
| MOTIF, CUTOFF | OCC. | AHOPRO | MONTE CARLO | POISSON | AHOPRO/MC | AHOPRO/POISSON |
| bcd, 5.3 | 3 | 0.013 | 0.014 | 0.012 | 0.998 | 1.11 |
| kr, 5.0 | 4 | 0.011 | 0.011 | 0.008 | 1.01 | 1.43 |
| hb, 6.2 | 2 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.9987 | 1.25 |
| bcd & kr | 3&4 | 0.00051 | 0.00051 | 9.62E-05 | 0.9991 | 5.34 |
| bcd & kr & hb | 3&4&2 | 6.9E-05 | 6.97E-05 | 1.08E-05 | 0.9889 | 6.36 |
Comparison of p-values calculated by the AHOPRO program for the Markov(1) model with those calculated by Monte Carlo simulations and by Poisson formula for motifs of D. melanogaster developmental transcription factors bicoid, kruppel, and hunchback.