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. 2008 Oct 6;8:273. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-273

Table 1.

Number of genes under for positive selection in the seven lineages and number of positive genes in OMIM

Lineage n m p value
Human 54 8 0.5919
Chimpanzee 162 26 0.4190
Hominid 56 13 0.0753
Mouse 65 11 0.4032
Rat 89 18 0.1242
Murid 81 21 0.0087*
Dog 97 21 0.0577
All 511 99 0.0067*

Number of genes under positive selection at p < 0.05 (n); Number of genes under positive selection in OMIM (m) and p value from a binomial test to look for over-representation of PSGs within OMIM.

* p < 0.01