Table 1

Best model and estimated substitution parameter values.

Gene
Cytochrome b
IRBP
GHR
Combined data

Length (bp)
1140
1233
931
3304
Best model
GTR+G+I
TVM+G+I
TVM+G+I
GTR+G+I
πA
0.424
0.231
0.308
0.318
πC
0.324
0.278
0.252
0.287
πG
0.029
0.267
0.198
0.180
πT
0.223
0.224
0.242
0.215
rA-C
0.036
1.321
1.011
1.867
rA-G
3.821
6.415
5.880
4.316
rA-T
0.210
0.931
0.836
3.101
rC-G
0.251
0.621
1.376
0.632
rC-T
5.453
6.415
5.880
29.243
rG-T
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
α
0.475
0.918
0.640
0.290
Pinv
0.410
0.281
0.059
0.215

These values were estimated from maximum-likelihood analysis of each gene separately (cytochrome b, IRBP, and GHR, respectively) and of the combined data set.

Lecompte et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008 8:199   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-199