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. 2011 Dec;189(4):1389–1402. doi: 10.1534/genetics.111.132654

Table 5 . The correlation of Pn/(Ps + 1) = ψ and θs and Ne, respectively, in 10 eukaryotic species.

ψ vs. θs (groups of 4) ψ vs.Ne (groups of 4)
Species n ρ P-value n ρ P-value
D. melanogaster 77 −0.172 0.067 77 −0.1 0.194
H. sapiens 110 −0.068 0.239 110 0.016 0.564
M. m. castaneus 18 −0.253 0.155 18 −0.261 0.147
A. thaliana 231 0.051 0.781 231 0.055 0.799
C. grandiflora 64 −0.357 0.002 64 −0.483 2.673 × 10−5
S. bicolor 35 0.093 0.702 35 0.001 0.504
B. stricta 33 0.164 0.818 33 −0.168 0.175
A. lyrata 18 −0.477 0.022 18 −0.507 0.016
C. rubella 13 0.451 0.939 13 0.491 0.955
S. paradoxus 25 −0.219 0.146 25 −0.019 0.462
Combined (Z method) 0.043 0.021

The nonindependence of ψ and θs is taken into account by splitting the data set into independent halves (see Materials and Methods). Correlation coefficients (ρ) and P-values (one-tailed) are given for each species.

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