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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gene. 2010 Nov 6;472(1-2):1–6. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2010.10.015

Table 3.

Mean numbers of synonymous (dS) nucleotide substitutions per synonymous site and nonsynonymous (dN) nucleotide substitutions per nonsynonymous site in dsx genes in comparisons within and between genera of Tephritidae and Drosophilidae.

Comparison Common Female-specific Male-specific

dS ± S.E. dN ± S.E. dS ± S.E. dN ± S.E. dS ± S.E. dN ± S.E.
Within genera
Anastrepha 0.0428 ± 0.0083 0.0067 ± 0.0016d 0.0000 ± 0.0000g 0.0053 ± 0.0039 0.4361 ± 0.0797 0.0549 ± 0.0116d
Bactrocera 0.1622 ± 0.0210 0.0088 ± 0.0028d 0.0000 ± 0.0000g 0.0074 ± 0.0073 0.1276 ± 0.0314 0.0148 ± 0.0058d
Drosophila 0.5891 ± 0.0375 0.0375 ± 0.0069d 0.0786 ± 0.0433g 0.0000 ± 0.0000g 0.4914 ± 0.0812 0.0300 ± 0.0085d
Between genera
Anastrepha vs. Bactrocera 0.9708 ± 0.1312 0.0351 ± 0.0208d 0.2817 ± 0.1713f 0.0055 ± 0.0042 0.7984 ± 0.1807 0.1052 ± 0.0237d, e
Anastrepha vs. Drosophila --a 0.1692 ± 0.0208 0.8113 ± 0.4083 0.0481± 0.0253g 2.4335 ± 0.6452 0.5684 ± 0.0833c, g
Bactrocera vs. Drosophila --a 0.1807 ± 0.0216 1.2927 ± 0.5395 0.0338 ± 0.0213b,g 2.4357 ± 0.5142 0.5582 ± 0.0795d, g
a

The quantity could not be estimated because of saturation of synonymous sites.

Z-tests of the hypothesis that mean dS equals mean dN:

b

P < 0.05;

c

P < 0.01;

d

P < 0.001.

Z-tests of the hypothesis that mean dS or dN equals the corresponding value for the common domain:

e

P < 0.05.;

f

P < 0.01;

g

P < 0.001.