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. 2010 Aug 28;28(1):601–614. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msq228

Table 2.

Gene-Based Scores that Summarize the Combined Evidence for Selection across Each UCP Gene.

Gene-Based Scorea (P valueb)
Gene Method Absolute Latitude
Minimum Temperature
Maximum Temperature
Mean Temperature
Precipitation Rate
Solar Radiation
Relative Humidity
UCP1 SRC 2.8 (0.010) 2.1 (0.036) 2.4 (0.017) 2.4 (0.023) 0.6 (0.720) 2.8 (0.008) 0.6 (0.760)
BLM 1.3 (0.228) 0.6 (0.766) 0.8 (0.562) 0.7 (0.649) 0.8 (0.583) 1.7 (0.105) 0.7 (0.698)
UCP2 SRC 0.8 (0.636) 0.6 (0.791) 0.7 (0.724) 0.6 (0.782) 0.7 (0.646) 0.8 (0.601) 0.9 (0.455)
BLM 2.5 (0.026) 2.5 (0.023) 3.0 (0.011) 2.7 (0.014) 1.0 (0.383) 1.8 (0.097) 1.2 (0.290)
UCP3 SRC 1.1 (0.371) 2.2 (0.015) 1.7 (0.050) 2.0 (0.026) 1.0 (0.432) 0.8 (0.616) 0.7 (0.718)
BLM 3.0 (0.003) 3.3 (0.001) 3.1 (0.002) 3.3 (0.002) 1.5 (0.115) 2.4 (0.017) 1.0 (0.460)
a

The gene-based score is the average of the negative log-transformed P values across all SNPs in a gene.

b

P values are calculated by comparing the score for an UCP region to the scores for 10,000 randomly chosen genic regions with the same number of SNPs.