Research Article

Positive Selection of Squalene Synthase in Cucurbitaceae Plants

Table 3

Parameter estimation and likelihood ratio tests for the branch model.

ModelEstimates of parametersLRT pairs2∆lnLPositively selected sites (BEB)

Model 0: one ratio112-29891.94

Free model221-29765.91M0/free model109252.060.001None

Selection analysis by a specific free model was performed using CodeML implemented in PAML. lnL: loglikelihood; LRT: likelihood ratio test. ωa, ωb, ωc, ωd, ωe, and ωf represent the branches that .