Adaptive Evolution of MRG, a Neuron-Specific Gene Family Implicated in Nociception

Table 2.

Likelihood Ratio Between Different Evolutionary Models


Evolutionary model

Degree of freedom

X2

P
M0 vs. M2 2 67.06 ≪0.0001
M1 vs. M2
2
30.88
≪0.0001
  • Degree of freedom is the difference in the number of parameters between models.

    χ2 is twice the difference of log likelihood between models.

    P is the probability that two models should differ in log likelihood, as much as that observed, given the degree of freedom.

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