Research Article

Molecular Evolution of the Vertebrate FK506 Binding Protein 25

Table 1

Site-specific tests for positive selectionof FKBP25.

SpeciesModelsEstimates of parameterslnL Positively selected sites

VertebrateM7    −5463.9384650.003806NA
M8    −5463.940368None
( )  

MammalianM7 −2182.2447890.000258NA
M8 −2182.244918None
  ( )  

PrimateM7 −997.0773890.000102NA
M8    −997.077440None
  ( )  

Mammalian excluding primateM7 −2242.3062220.000160NA
M8 −2242.306302NS
  ( )  

RodentM7 −1372.9021640.000058NA
M8 −1372.902193NS
  ( )  

TeleostM7 −2354.9231810.000408NA
M8 −2354.923385NS
( )  

lnL: the log-likelihood difference between the two models; : twice the log-likelihood difference between the two models (In all the species, , the -value is more than the significance level 0.05, indicating that M8 model is not better than M7 model); NA: not allowed; NS: not shown (it means the sites under positive selection but not reaching the significance level of 0.9).