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. 2004 Feb;42(2):850–854. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.850-854.2004

TABLE 2.

Alternative trees comparable with the best of 105 trees examined regarding the relationship between group A in the analysis with the RAS model

Tree no.a Relationship among species in group A RAS model
Position of Thai isolate
Log-likelihood difference P valueb
1 (out, (a3, a4), (a2, (Thai, a1))) Best 0.967 Close to al
2 (out, (Thai, a1), (a2, (a3, a4))) −5.5 0.273 Close to al
3 (out, (a3, a4), (Thai, (a1, a2))) −6.3 0.269 Sister clade position to the common ancestor of a1 and a2
4 (out, a4, (a3, (Thai, (a1, a2)))) −7.6 0.053 Sister clade position to the common ancestor of a1 and a2
5 (out, (Thai, a1), (a3, (a4, a2))) −9.0 0.206 Close to a1
6 (out, a3, (a2, (a4, (Thai, a1)))) −9.6 0.094 Close to a1
7 (out, Thai, (a1, (a2, (a3, a4)))) −9.6 0.184 Earliest branch of group A
8 (out, a2, (a3, (a4, (Thai, a1)))) −9.8 0.052 Close to a1
9 (out, a2, (a4, (a3, (Thai, a1)))) −9.8 0.052 Close to a1
10 (out, a1, (a3, (a2, (Thai, a4)))) −16.9 0.151 Close to a4
11 (out, (a3, a1), (a2, (Thai, a4))) −16.9 0.151 Close to a4
12 (out, Thai, (a1, (a3, (a4, a2)))) −17.1 0.073 Earliest branch of group A
a

Alternative trees comparable with best tree.

b

To evaluate statistical significance for the log-likelihood difference among alternative trees, an AU test (22) was used, and P values of the AU test, obtained by the CONSEL program (23), were compared among the alternative trees.