Table 1.

Assessing the fit to the data between several evolutionary models

Data set	Process	Model	lnL	nbr Param	BIC
Yeast	H–S	LG	−299506.1	1	599022.9
		LG+Fobs	−298702.5	1	597415.7
		LG+Fopt	−298575.3	20	597363.7
		LG+COaLA[1]	−298667.9	2	597357.1
	H–NS	LG+COaLA[1]	−298 595.4	3	597 222.8
	NH–NS	LG+F	−297621.7	286	598290.3
		LG+COaLA[1]	−298543.5	16	597257.5
		LG+COaLA[2]	−298505.3	31	597340.9
		LG+COaLA[3]	−298500.6	46	597491.3
		LG+COaLA[4]	−298491.7	61	597633.3
		LG+COaLA[5]	−298486.4	76	597782.5
Eocyte	H–S	LG	−277967.3	1	555943.2
		LG+Fobs	−278064.5	1	556137.6
		LG+Fopt	−277444.0	20	555060.3
		LG+COaLA[1]	−277877.0	2	555771.2
	H–NS	LG+COaLA[1]	−277695.3	3	555416.4
	NH–NS	LG+F	−274279.4	1502	561501
		LG+COaLA[1]	−277263.8	80	555216.9
		LG+COaLA[2]	−276 483.0	159	554 336
		LG+COaLA[3]	−276253.3	238	554557.3
		LG+COaLA[4]	−276090.3	317	554912
		LG+COaLA[5]	−275946.5	396	555305.1
Archaea	H–S	LG	−340369.1	1	680747.3
		LG+Fobs	−340047.3	1	680103.7
		LG+Fopt	−339217.9	20	678618.7
		LG+COaLA[1]	−339887.8	2	679793.9
	H–NS	LG+COaLA[1]	−339865.7	3	679758.8
	NH–NS	LG+F	—	1236	—
		LG+COaLA[1]	−338985.4	66	678574.5
		LG+COaLA[2]	−338237.7	131	677673.7
		LG+COaLA[3]	−337 932.3	196	677 657.4
		LG+COaLA[4]	−337721.0	261	677829.4
		LG+COaLA[5]	−337541.1	326	678064.1

Bold lines highlight the best model according to the BIC.