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. 2005 Feb 2;102(8):2832–2837. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0409853102

Table 1. Positive selection in the TRIM5α gene.

Data set -2(ln λ) df P value dN/dS Proportion of sites, %
All primates
    M0 vs. M3 (k = 3) 217.94 4 P < 0.0001 2.4, 7.2 33, 4
    M1 vs. M2 109.88 2 P < 0.0001 4.5 16
    M7 vs. M8 109.50 2 P < 0.0001 4.2 18
Hominids + OWMs
    M0 vs. M3 (k = 3) 57.42 4 P < 0.0001 1.8, 17 57, 2
    M1 vs. M2 39.16 2 P < 0.0001 10 4
    M7 vs. M8 40.21 2 P < 0.0001 10 4

We used likelihood ratio tests to determine whether any codon positions were associated with dN/dS significantly > 1 and hence possibly subject to positive Darwinian selection. Neutral models (M0, M1, and M7) were compared to selection models (M2 and M8), which allow a proportion of codons for which dN/dS exceeds 1, or models for heterogeneity of dN/dS among sites (M3). As indicated by the P values, all analyses find very strong evidence for the selection model. Note that in M3, two classes of sites are permitted to have dN/dS > 1. Also indicated are the proportion of codons that were found to have dN/dS > 1, with the associated dN/dS values shown. Analyses using the f61 model of codon frequencies are shown, but similar results were obtained by using the f3×4 frequency model (full paml results are available in Appendix 1).