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. 2016 Jun 16;16:130. doi: 10.1186/s12862-016-0692-2

Table 4.

Log-likelihood ratio tests of nested models

Modela log(P)b 2LLRc dfd Pe
ms>p = 0, mp>s = 0 −40.75 106.5 2 <0.0000
ms>d = 0, md>s = 0 12.49 0 2 1.0000
mp>d = 0, md>p = 0 9.265 6.448 2 0.0255
mp>sp = 0, msp>d = 0 9.333 6.313 2 0.0273

aFour nested models with zero migration rates between (1) A. scirpaceus and A. palustris, (2) A. scirpaceus and A. dumetorum, (3) A. palustris and A. dumetorum, and (4) A. dumetorum and the common ancestor of A. scirpaceus and A. palustris were compared to the estimated full model

bEstimates of the posterior density function under the full model

cLog-likelihood ratio statistics calculated as the difference between the highest posterior probability for the full model and the highest posterior probability for the nested model

dThe degrees of freedom. Models in which migration at least in one direction is equal to 0 have distributions of 2LLR that are a mixture and χ2 mixture distribution was thus used to calculate the P-value

eThe probability of achieving the test statistics by chance under the null model (significant values in bold)