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. 2009 Jan 29;26(4):937–949. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msp018

Table 4.

Polymorphisms and Fixed Differences for Nonsynonymous and Synonymous Sites

Comparison Site Polymorphismsa Fixed Differencesb P Value
Human and chimp together Nonsynonymous 15 (16) 23 0.08 (0.08)
Synonymous 7 28
Human alone Nonsynonymous 12 (13) 21 0.17 (0.10)
Synonymous 6 27
Chimp alone Nonsynonymous 3 21 0.61
Synonymous 1 23
a

 Thirteen replacement polymorphisms occur in humans. One of them occurs uniquely in the background of the haplotype containing the premature stop. The M–K test was computed including and excluding that replacement change (numbers of polymorphisms and P values in parentheses).

b

 All fixed differences are in comparison with the orangutan sequence.