Table 1 Relative evolutionary rates of Tribolium castaneum, and the dipterans Anopheles gambiae and Drosophila melanogaster. Amino acid distances, divergence time estimates, and substitution rates for the holometabolous insect branches and the base of Diptera are shown.
From: Genome-wide acceleration of protein evolution in flies (Diptera)
Branch (from node..to node) | Distance [aa subs/site] | Timea [My] | Rate [10-3 aa subs/site/My] | Relative rateb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tribolium (1..4) | 0.180 ± 0.003 | 280.0 ± 4.4 | 0.643 ± 0.015 | --- |
Anopheles – base (3..4) | 0.222 ± 0.003 | 280.0 ± 4.4 | 0.793 ± 0.016 | 1.233 ± 0.038 |
Drosophila – base (2..4) | 0.245 ± 0.003 | 280.0 ± 4.4 | 0.875 ± 0.017 | 1.361 ± 0.041 |
Anopheles (3..5) | 0.145 ± 0.002 | 241.0 ± 4.0 | 0.602 ± 0.013 | 0.936 ± 0.030 |
Drosophila (2..5) | 0.168 ± 0.002 | 241.0 ± 4.0 | 0.697 ± 0.014 | 1.084 ± 0.033 |
Base of Diptera (4..5) | 0.077 ± 0.002 | 39.0 ± 5.9 | 1.974 ± 0.303 | 3.071 ± 0.477 |