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. 2009 Aug 13;26(12):2679–2687. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msp183

Table 1.

PAML-Implemented Site Models of Positive Selection

Modela ln L Parameter Estimatesb Selected Codonsc
All species, full gene
    M1a −679.00
    M2a −673.02* p0 = 0.436 (ω0 = 0.032), p1 = 0.529, p2 = 0.035 (ω2 = 21.88) 24 (0.82), 27 (0.99), 36 (0.88)
    M7 −679.12
    M8A −678.99
    M8 −673.06* p0 = 0.44 (p = 0.02, q = 0.01), p2 = 0.035 (ω2 = 21.39) 24 (0.85), 27 (0.99), 36 (0.91)
All species, exon 3 excluded
    M1a −413.81 p0 = 0.876 (ω0 = 0.209), p1 = 0.124
    M2a −413.80
    M7 −413.71 p = 0.758, q = 1.756
    M8a −413.71 p0 = 0.999 (p = 0.747, q = 1.725), p1 = 0.001
    M8 −413.71
Human excluded, full gene
    M1a −619.31 p0 = 0.389 (ω0 = 0.0), p1 = 0.611
    M2a −618.26
    M7 −619.32 p = 0.008, q = 0.005
    M8a −619.31 p0 = 0.389 (p = 0.005, q = 1.554), p1 = 0.611
    M8 −618.26

*P < 0.05, comparing model including positive selection (M2a or M8) to nearly neutral model (M1a, M7, or M8a).

a

All models and comparisons among models are described in the text. Asterisks indicate comparisons where models that incorporate a class of sites affected by positive selection are better fits to the data than nearly neutral models (Models M2a and M8 in the “all species, full gene” comparison); in all other comparisons, models incorporating positive selection are not better fits to the data than nearly neutral models.

b

Parameter abbreviations are as follows: p0 = proportion of sites falling into nearly neutral site class (followed by estimate of ω0 for models M1a and M2a or shape parameters of the beta distribution (p,q) for models M7, M8a, and M8), p1 = proportion of sites falling into neutral site class (ω1 = 1); p2 = proportion of sites falling into positively selected site class (followed by estimate of ω2).

c

BEB estimates of sites falling into positively selected class are listed for those where the posterior probability (in parentheses) is greater than 0.8.