Table 5

Results of maximum-likelihood models for exon 2 of the DQB1 gene
Model code P Log-likelihood Parameter estimates Positively selected sites
M0(one ratio) 1 −1067.274 ω=0.496 None
M1a(nearly neutral) 1 −1007.026 p0= 0.869 (p1= 0.131) Not allowed
M2a(positive selection) 3 −989.138 p0=0.818, p1=0.176(p2= 0.006) ω2= 8.276 1V,6M,18L,20T,48S,49S,67L,72R,77L,79L,81T
M3(discrete) 4 −994.628 p1= 0.059 (p2= 0.018) ω1= 0.076, ω2= 3.390 Not allowed
M7(beta) 2 −1007.600 p= 0.006, q= 0.036 Not allowed
M8(beta and omega) 4 −989.309 p0= 0.994 (p1= 0.006) p= 0.005, q= 0.020, ω= 8.643 1V,6M,18L,20T,22Y,29Y,30A,38E,48S,49S,62G,63T,67L,72R,77L,79L, 81T

P is the number of parameters in the ω distribution, ω is the selection parameter, and pn is the proportion of sites falling into the ωn site class. For models M7 and M8, p and q are the shape parameters of the β function. Positively selected sites were identified in models M2a and M8 by the Bayes empirical Bayes procedure (Yang et al. 2005). Sites inferred under selection at the 99% level are listed in bold, and those inferred at the 95% level are shown in italics.

Luo et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2012 12:207   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-207

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