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. 2011 May 24;11:139. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-139

Table 2.

dN/dS (ω) ratios and likelihood ratio tests (LRT) for ERV genes in the family Suidae to test whether ω for internal branches are significantly less than 1.

Two-ratio model
Gene Internal
branches (ω)
Terminal
branches (ω)
1 0 LRT1

gag 0.34 0.78 -3235.42 -3253.27 38**

pol 0.25 0.56 -5373.26 -5405.94 65**

env (class A) 0.30 1.04 -4271.15 -4306.51 70**

env (class B) 0.22 1.47 -2470.67 -2515.98 90**

ℓ = loge-likelihood

1 LRT = Likelihood ratio test, twice the difference of the log likelihoods[2Δℓ = 2(ℓ1-ℓ0)]

** Extremely significant (P < 0.01; χ12)