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. 2008 Jan 15;8:8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-8

Table 1.

Parameter estimates and likelihood values under branch and branch-site models.

Model P likelihood Parameters estimated Positively selected sites
Branch Models
1 -1431.66 ω all branches = 0.048 N/A
2 -1431.41 ω placental mammals = 0.054; background = 0.04 N/A
3 -1408.70 ω anthropoid = 0.431; ω other placentals = 0.008; ω background = 0.042 N/A
Free Ratio 55 -1388.00 ω estimated independently for each branch (see Fig. 1) N/A
Branch-site models
Model A 4 -1399.23 p0 = 0.90; p1 = 0.012; p(2a+2b) = 0.085; ω0 = 0.021; ω1 = 1; background ω2a = 0.021; ω2b = 1; foreground, ω2a = ω2b = 4.61 5 (1.00); 38 (0.99); 41 (0.53); 64 (1.00); 70 (0.97)
Model A (omega fixed) 3 -1403.73 p0 = 0.80; p1 = 0.011; p(2a+2b) = 0.192; ω0 = 0.02; ω1 = 1; background ω2a = 0.02; ω2b = 1; foreground, ω2a = ω2b = 1 Not allowed

P, number of parameters. Numbers in parentheses represent the posterior probability of each amino acid listed to be in the class of sites under positive selection.