Research Article

Positive Selection of Squalene Synthase in Cucurbitaceae Plants

Table 4

Parameter estimation and likelihood ratio tests for the two-ratio model.

ModelParameter estimates

M0: one ratio1-29891.94
Branch-specific models
Two ratios (branch a)2-24451.31,
Two ratios (fixed )1-24451.32,
Two ratios (branch b)2-24444.73,
Two ratios (fixed )1-24445.24,
Two ratios (branch c)2-24454.01,
Two ratios (fixed )1-24454.03,
Two ratios (branch d)2-24454.53,
Two ratios (fixed )1-24459.38,
Two ratios (branch e)2-24450.66,
Two ratios (fixed )1-24451.12,
Two ratios (branch f)2-24453.23,
Two ratios (fixed )1-24453.49,

Selection analysis by a branch model was performed using CodeML implemented in PAML. lnL: loglikelihood; LRT: likelihood ratio test; : parameters in the calculation.