Table 1

Tests for whether α values tend to be greater than zero (i.e., excess of LA ancestry; p = probability; CI = confidence interval)
Class of loci Number of loci with α > 0 Number of loci with α < 0 Binomial probability Bayesian posterior estimates of p_α >0 with 95% CI
HV
outliers 142 40 p = 1.4e-14 0.778 (0.714–0.834)
extreme outliers 17 4 p = 0.007 0.791 (0.597–0.922)
all loci 17328 20922 p = 2.2e-16 0.454 (0.449–0.459)
MR
outliers 145 37 p = 1.6e-16 0.795 (0.732–0.849)
extreme outliers 18 3 p = 0.0015 0.836 (0.651–0.948)
all loci 17253 21051 p = 2.2e-16 0.450 (0.445–0.455)

Outliers are designated at the 95% level and extreme outliers at the 99% level. See text and [44] for details.

See text for details.

Nosil et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2012 12:164   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-164

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