How Fast Is the Sessile Ciona?

Table 2

Tajima’s Relative Rate Test, orthologous sequences from (1) C. intestinalis, (2) one vertebrate and (3) an outgroup (Amphioxus above, Sea Urchin below). *Related to the total of significant differences.

Species name	N^∘ ortholog trios	D13 > D23 (%)	Total significant	Significant at 1%	Significant at 5%	D13 > D 23 Significant (*)
2-Homo sapiens	5911	4603 (77.9%)	3438	2736	702	2998 (87.2%)
2-Mus musculus	5862	4519 (77.1%)	3422	2691	731	2949 (86.2%)
2-Xenopus laevis	4452	3410 (76.6%)	2587	2012	575	2180 (84.3%)
2-Ornithorhynchus anatinus	5392	3605 (66.9%)	2941	2263	678	2158 (73.4%)
2-Monodelphis domestica	5928	4468 (75.4%)	3408	2653	755	2904 (85.2%)
2-Bos taurus	4864	3906 (80.3%)	3075	2493	582	2704 (87.93)
2-Gallus gallus	5221	3975 (76.1%)	3131	2466	665	2640 (84.3%)
2-Takifugu	4918	4080 (83.0%)	3064	2464	600	2797 (91.3%)
Total	42548	32566 (76.5%)	25066	19778	5288	21330 (85.1%)
1-Ciona intestinalis
3-Amphioxus (Branchiostoma floridae)
2-Homo sapiens	4662	3720 (79.8%)	2485	1873	612	2232 (89.8%)
2-Mus musculus	4659	3659 (78.5%)	2449	1880	569	2149 (87.8%)
2-Xenopus laevis	3670	2847 (77.6%)	1936	1432	504	1683 (86.9%)
2-Ornithorhynchus anatinus	4093	2322 (56.7%)	2063	1563	500	1363 (66.1%)
2-Monodelphis domestica	4623	3570 (77.2%)	2407	1812	595	2076 (86.2%)
2-Bos taurus	4431	3400 (76.3%)	2321	1714	607	1985 (85.5%)
2-Gallus gallus	4166	3261 (78.3%)	2243	1703	540	1936 (86.3%)
2-Takifugu	4457	3529 (79.2%)	2310	1716	594	2048 (88.7%)
Total	34761	26308 (75.7%)	18214	13693	4521	15472 (84.9%)
1-Ciona intestinalis
3-Sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)