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. 2012 Oct;86(20):11171–11182. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00021-12

Table 4.

Detection of positively selected sites by maximum-likelihood estimation for 48 S segment and 40 M segment sequences of hantaviruses

Model Positively selected site(s) (position)a
S segment M segment
Branch model (M0 vs FR) Not allowed Not allowed
Site model (M7 vs M8) None None
Branch-site model A (A′ vs A) with foreground group:
    ASV None 144, 336
    DBSV None 285, 353, 364
    HTNV None 16, 51, 84
    SEOV None None
    GOUV None 916
    DOBV None 932
    SAAV None 228, 932, 1076
    DOBV-SAAV 256, 408 10, 56*, 207*, 309, 312, 336, 351*, 355, 364*, 430*, 653, 657, 1055*, 1071
    DOBV-SAAV-SANGV 256, 408 14, 56, 101, 122, 218, 225, 232, 261, 309, 312, 322, 331, 332, 336, 351*, 364*, 583, 653, 657, 667*, 698, 703, 714, 908 , 932, 1055, 1089, 1114
    HTNV-ASV None 5, 101, 442, 885, 1025, 1060
    HTNV-ASV-DBSV None 55, 72*, 77, 223, 230, 232, 312, 333, 556, 699, 712, 892
    SEOV-GOUV 234, 255, 259 52*, 214, 225, 228, 232 , 261, 326, 351, 502, 567, 569*, 667, 691, 703, 979, 1025, 1093
    THAIV-SERV 74, 237, 253, 258, 263, 267, 272, 283, 286, 299, 412 43, 101, 261, 278, 351, 521, 703, 842, 911*, 1068 , 1071*, 1074
    THAIV-SERV-SEOV-GOUV None 90*, 100**, 108, 137, 191, 195, 198, 215**, 293**, 556, 650, 701, 703, 719*, 765, 793, 883**, 892, 956
a

* and **, positively selected sites identified with posterior probability P > 95% or P > 99%, respectively. The positive selection sites that are also the “signature amino acid” markers are shown in boldface.