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. 2011 Jul 28;11:224. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-224

Table 3.

Statistics for the relation between inner node number and branch length from tree root

Cyclin group Cyclin sub-
families
Pearson correlation;
GLS (R:stats [74]) fitting of n = α + βx
Webster et al. [101]statistics*;
GLS (R:stats [74]) fitting of n = βxδ
Venditti et al. [100]and Pagel et al. [99]statistics**

R2 α ± SE p-value β ± SE p-value δ ± SE p-value β ± SE p-value 1/δ < 1 & signi-ficant β Signi-ficant β
Inv cyclins: coelenterates, echinodermates, insects. A 0.7163 0.18 ± 0.12 0.1807 0.85 ± 0.18 0.001 1.40 ± 0.36 0.0036 0.18 ± 0.07 0.0308 0 1
B 0.8456 0.44 ± 0.14 0.0152 0.92 ± 0.15 0.0004 1.58 ± 0.28 0.0007 0.31 ± 0.08 0.0054 0 0
B3 0.8496 0.92 ± 0.10 0.000008 0.92 ± 0.13 0.00006 2.53 ± 0.38 0.0001 0.68 ± 0.09 0.00004 0 1
D 0.4892 0.36 ± 0.21 0.1297 0.70 ± 0.25 0.0244 1.79 ± 0.79 0.0537 0.35 ± 0.16 0.0647 0 0
E 0.3226 0.36 ± 0.24 0.1723 0.57 ± 0.29 0.0868 2.11 ± 1.23 0.1245 0.36 ± 0.18 0.0891 0 0

Inv cyclins: echinodermates, insects. A 0.5561 0.15 ± 0.22 0.5080 0.75 ± 0.25 0.0211 1.28 ± 0.51 0.0392 0.15 ± 0.10 0.1810 0 0
B 0.6706 0.47 ± 0.28 0.1608 0.82 ± 0.26 0.0242 1.57 ± 0.53 0.0311 0.31 ± 0.16 0.1040 0 0
B3 0.7240 0.97 ± 0.17 0.0007 0.85 ± 0.20 0.0036 2.54 ± 0.65 0.0057 0.68 ± 0.16 0.0036 0 1
D 0.2700 0.50 ± 0.34 0.1939 0.52 ± 0.35 0.1869 2.30 ± 1.70 0.2240 0.47 ± 0.27 0.1380 0 0
E 0.0819 0.53 ± 0.48 0.3067 0.29 ± 0.39 0.4920 2.79 ± 3.86 0.4970 0.45 ± 0.43 0.3350 0 0

Ver cyclins: lower and higher chordates A1 0.0380 0.58 ± 0.25 0.0471 0.19 ± 0.33 0.5657 3.73 ± 1.00 0.0020 0.32 ± 0.05 0.00003 0 0
A2 0.3713 0.38 ± 0.08 0.0014 0.61 ± 0.26 0.0466 3.83 ± 1.19 0.0063 0.37 ± 0.07 0.0002 0 1
B1 0.1989 1.00 ± 0.06 0 0.45 ± 0.30 01691 11.9 ± 6.36 0.0877 0.89 ± 0.10 0 0 0
B2 0.8209 0.86 ± 0.04 0 0.91 ± 0.14 0.0001 5.34 ± 0.60 0 0.69 ± 0.04 0 0 1
B3 0.6674 0.62 ± 0.25 0.0372 0.82 ± 0.20 0.0039 1.70 ± 0.47 0.0064 0.43 ± 0.16 0.0257 1 1
D1 0.9021 0.19 ± 0.05 0.0046 0.95 ± 0.10 0.000008 1.70 ± 0.17 0 0.22 ± 0.03 0 0 1
D2 0.5802 0.24 ± 0.04 0.0002 0.76 ± 0.22 0.0064 3.33 ± 0.66 0.0003 0.21 ± 0.03 0 0 0
D3 0.6270 0.24 ± 0.11 0.0614 0.79 ± 0.23 0.0110 2.02 ± 0.65 0.0168 0.23 ± 0.07 0.0162 0 0
E1 0.4468 0.45 ± 0.14 0.0102 0.67 ± 0.25 0.0245 2.95 ± 0.86 0.0042 0.40 ± 0.09 0.0006 0 0
E2 0.7841 0.22 ± 0.13 0.1125 0.89 ± 0.15 0.0003 2.79 ± 0.79 0.0031 0.43 ± 0.10 0.0007 0 0

Ver cyclins: coelenterates, lower and higher chordates A1 0.1317 0.50 ± 0.12 0.0008 0.36 ± 0.23 0.1267 3.99 ± 2.25 0.0940 0.39 ± 0.13 0.0082 0 1
A2 0.6144 0.38 ± 0.4 0 0.78 ± 0.15 0.00007 3.56 ± 0.68 0.00006 0.31 ± 0.04 0 0 0
B1 0.4895 0.93 ± 0.04 0 0.70 ± 0.20 0.0037 7.88 ± 1.98 0.0016 0.79 ± 0.06 0 0 0
B2 0.8826 0.87 ± 0.02 0 0.94 ± 0.09 0 5.45 ± 0.47 0 0.70 ± 0.03 0 0 1
B3 0.7127 0.80 ± 0.15 0.0004 0.84 ± 0.17 0.0006 2.23 ± 0.5 0.0012 0.59 ± 0.13 0.0011 0 1
D1 0.7631 0.32 ± 0.05 0.00005 0.87 ± 0.13 0.00002 2.35 ± 0.42 0.00007 0.30 ± 0.04 0.00001 0 1
D2 0.0208 0.38 ± 0.05 0.000003 0.14 ± 0.26 0.5943 41.0 ± 138 0.771 0.39 ± 0.06 0 0 0
D3 0.4942 0.36 ± 0.08 0.0019 0.70 ± 0.24 0.0158 3.15 ± 1.11 0.0197 0.34 ± 0.07 0.0011 0 0
E1 0.6326 0.44 ± 0.07 0.00002 0.80 ± 0.15 0.00008 2.70 ± 0.51 0.00008 0.37 ± 0.06 0 0 0
E2 0.6198 0.46 ± 0.09 0.00007 0.79 ± 0.15 0.00006 2.46 ± 0.46 0.00005 0.38 ± 0.07 0.00002 0 0

Fungal cyclins CLB3-4 0.6515 0.69 ± 0.24 0.0229 0.81 ± 0.22 0.0085 1.95 ± 0.59 0.0132 0.53 ± 0.18 0.0190 1 1
CDC13 0.1984 1.01 ± 0.13 0.00003 0.45 ± 0.30 0.1698 6.41 ± 4.40 0.1784 0.84 ± 0.21 0.0032 0 0

* Significant δ ≤ 1 and β > 0, evidence for punctual evolution.

** Significant β, node density artefact present; δ < 1 and significant β, evidence for punctual evolution.

Cyclin groups under impact of punctual evolution are in bold.