Table 1

Maximum likelihood analysis and comparison of Poisson models

Model

T

Λ

Maximum Likelihood Estimates

ML

AIC*

Poisson

λ

1

= 90.2, = 90.2, = 90.2

-616497

861964

A

G(γ₁, γ₂)

1

= 2.7, = 32.9, = 90.2,

-186348

1670

= 3049.7

A'

λ

B(β₁, β₂)

= 387.6, = 2.17, = 7.16,

-185869

714

= 90.1, = 2683.9

B

G(γ₁, γ₂)

B(β₁, β₂)

= 6.4, = 19.0, = 1.3,

-185511

0

= 0.46, = 90.1, = 2538.2

The last two columns give the maximum log likelihood values and the translated Akaike information criterion, AIC* = AIC - 371034.

Sainudiin et al. BMC Genomics 2007 8:146   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-8-146