Table 6.

LRTs between the different models of the branch-model analysis

Models compared	2Δl (entire seq.)	2Δl (mature seq.)	df
A–C	125.18**	97.86**	1
B–C	21.74**	24.06**	1
C–D	2.94	11.96**	3
E–F	0.56	0	1
G–H	0.66	8**	1
I–J	0.18	0.36	1
K–L	8.34**	13.42**	1
M–N	6.08*	3.12	1

Likelihood ratio statistics (2Δl) for hypotheses testing

^*P < 0.05,

^**P < 0.01

df degree of freedom