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. 2013 Mar 5;8(3):e58519. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058519

Table 4. Estimates of the phylogenetic signal for each variable using Pagel's Lambda.

Variables λ (Phylogeny A) λ (Phylogeny B)
Eye diameter 0.94<0.001, <0.001 0.750.02, <0.001
Lens diameter 0.95<0.001, <0.001 0.790.02, <0.001
Standard length <0.0011.0, <0.001 <0.0011.0, <0.001
Residuals (eye/SL) 0.96<0.001, <0.001 0.94<0.001, <0.001
Dn/Vn organs 1<0.001, 1.0 1<0.001,1.0
Caudal luminous organs 1<0.001, 1.0 1<0.001,1.0
Luminous patches 0.99<0.001, <0.001 0.99<0.001, <0.001
Luminous tissue sexual dimorphism 0.93<0.001, <0.001 0.97<0.001, <0.001
Day depth <0.0011.0, 0.04 0.790.113, <0.001
Night depth 0.75<0.001, <0.001 0.67<0.001, <0.001

The results are presented for one of the ten randomly selected polytomy resolved phylogenies for the two different phylogenies. A λ value of 1 indicates that the trait gradually accumulates changes over time in a Brownian motion process. A λ values of 0 indicates that no phylogenetic signal is present and that traits have evolved in response to selective processes. The superscript values are likelihood ratio tests different from 0 and 1. Sample size is 61 for all variables except day depth (58).