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. 2012 Jul 10;10:60. doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-10-60

Table 2.

Slope and intercept comparisons of stylopodial scaling patterns in mammalian clades.

m 95% CI m LRT b 95% CI b t-test b' t-test

Marsupialia Glires Euarchonta Ungulata Marsupialia Glires Euarchonta Ungulata Marsupialia Glires Euarchonta Ungulata Marsupialia Glires Euarchonta Ungulata Marsupialia Glires Euarchonta Ungulata
LF vs. CF Carnivora *

Ungulata * - * - * - - -

Euarchonta - - - - - - - - - -

Glires - - - ° - - - * - - - - - - - - -

LH vs. CH Carnivora * * ** * * *

Ungulata * * * - * ** ** - * * * - * ** * - -

Euarchonta - - - - - - - - - -

Glires - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

LF vs. BM Carnivora * * *

Ungulata * - ** - * - - -

Euarchonta - - - - - - - - - -

Glires - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

CF vs. BM Carnivora

Ungulata - - - - -

Euarchonta - - - - - - - - - -

Glires - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

LH vs. BM Carnivora *

Ungulata * * - ** * - * - * - -

Euarchonta - - * - - - - - - - -

Glires * - - - * - - - * - - - * - - - - - -

CH vs. BM Carnivora * ° ° *

Ungulata * - ° ° - - ° - -

Euarchonta - - - - - - - - - -

Glires - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

LF vs. LH Carnivora * * ** **

Ungulata - - - - -

Euarchonta - - - - - - ° ° - - - -

Glires - - - - - - - - - ° - - - - - -

CH+F vs. BM Carnivora * °

Ungulata - - - - -

Euarchonta - - - - - - - - - -

Glires - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Standardized major axis equation shown in the format y = mx + b. Symbols: (°) represents differences at 90 to 95% (0.1 <P > 0.05); (*) at 95-99% (0.05 <P > 0.01); and (**) at greater than 95% (P < 0.01). Otherwise, P-values are > 0.1. All P-values are adjusted for multiple comparisons using FDR. Hyphens (-) represent duplicate comparisons. Significant differences using 95% CI are assessed on whether the intervals overlap or not; non-overlapping comparisons are indicated with an asterisk (*). 95% CI, comparisons based on 95% confidence intervals; b', intercept adjusted to correspond to the minimum value along the x-axis; BM, body mass; CF, femoral circumference; CH, humeral circumference; CH+F, total humeral and femoral circumference; FDR, false discovery rate; LF, femoral length; LH, humeral length; LRT, comparisons based on a likelihood ratio test (slope only); t-test, comparisons based on a two-tailed t-test (intercept only).