Table 4.
Pearson correlation coefficients and their statistical significance between dN/dS for different substitution categories and body mass for genes with low and high GC content, and for genes located in microchromosomes or macrochromosomes. Significant correlations are highlighted in italics
Total | GC-conservative | S-to-W | W-to-S | |||||
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R | p value | R | p value | R | p value | R | p value | |
High GC content | 0.03 | 8.54 × 10−1 | 0.53 | 1.22 × 10 −4 | − 0.21 | 1.53 × 10−1 | 0.25 | 9.43 × 10−2 |
Low GC content | 0.13 | 3.83 × 10−1 | 0.52 | 1.93 × 10 −4 | − 0.32 | 2.73 × 10 −2 | 0.31 | 3.16 × 10 −2 |
Microchromosomes | 0.14 | 3.45 × 10−1 | 0.55 | 7.49 × 10 −5 | − 0.26 | 7.79 × 10−2 | 0.40 | 5.42 × 10 −3 |
Macrochromosomes | 0.01 | 9.27 × 10−1 | 0.47 | 7.65 × 10 −4 | − 0.27 | 6.18 × 10−2 | 0.17 | 2.61 × 10−1 |
S-to-W: strong to weak, W-to-S: weak to strong